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About The Course:

Meet Marcus Walker, a 56-year-old male visiting his doctor for a routine health check-up. During this session, he will undergo an inguinal node exam—an essential procedure for evaluating lymphatic health.

This VR simulation for Inguinal Node Exam is designed to provide practitioners with a hands-on virtual environment to master this critical skill. Equipped with both training and assessment modes, the solution enables learners to perform the procedure and assess themselves on their performance.

Learning Objectives:
  • Locating anatomical landmarks along the inguinal ligament and canal
  • Identifying horizontal and vertical groups of inguinal lymph nodes
  • Assessing lymph nodes for enlargement and tenderness using palpation techniques
Reference:
  • Cleveland Clinic. (2023). Inguinal lymph nodes: Function and health conditions.

Customize Your Program
Get rid of the editor. Adopt in-VR customization.

MedVR Education is bringing to you in-VR customization that will enable you to customize your procedural simulations by making selections from a range of feature choices. 

  • Select patient from a diverse background
  • Choose preferred virtual environment
  • Select equipment used in the procedure
  • Modify difficulty level of the assessment mode
  • …..many more to come
  • Multi-player
    Sessions
  • Physics-based Interactions

Core Skills Training

Performing Inguinal Node Exam

As a part of this Inguinal Node Exam procedure, the learner will begin by confirming the identity of the patient and enquiring about any known allergies. After performing hand sanitization, the learner will begin the exam on the right side of the body by identifying Iliac crests, Anterior Superior Iliac Spine (ASIS), and symphysis pubis. Further, the learner will locate the pubic tubercle, and Internal and External Inguinal Rings. Moving the hand in a circular motion, the learner will feel for abnormalities in groups of Inguinal lymph nodes. A similar procedure will be repeated on the left side.
All necessary affordances are provided to complete the procedure with efficiency.

Training

With prompts, guidance and affordances learners are hand-held through the process to practice the procedure in a virtual environment with a virtual patient.  

  • Photorealistic virtual environment  
  • Physics-based interactions  
  • Detailed instructions  
  • Adequate affordances to assist in task completion 

Assessment

Test acquired skills to perform the procedures from start to finish without prompts. An incorrect step will take the learner back to the start to start afresh.  

  • Live scoring  
  • Instant feedback  
  • Adequate affordances for efficient performance  
  • Time tracking to monitor activity completion