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About The Course:

A 53-year-old male patient has suffering right-sided knee pain and swelling. This could be a case of gout or septic arthritis. Knee arthrocentesis is advised. This refers to a minor surgical procedure performed to aspirate synovial fluid from the knee joint. Knee arthrocentesis can be done for either diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. 

This VR simulation for Knee Arthrocentesis is designed to help practice the procedure of performing the procedure in a safe and controlled environment with a virtual patient. With both training and assessment modes, learners can perform the procedure and assess themselves on their performance.    

Learning Objectives:
  • Display knowledge of optimal patient positioning and the three common approaches to knee arthrocentesis  
  • Demonstrate the surgical steps necessary to perform a knee arthrocentesis  
  • Highlight the importance of sterile technique during invasive procedures
Reference:
  • American College of Rheumatology. (2021). Joint aspiration (arthrocentesis).

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 Knee Arthrocentesis

As a part of this Knee Arthrocentesis surgical procedure, the user will begin by donning non-sterile gloves and positioning the patient for the procedure. After marking the insertion site, a suitable approach to perform the procedure will have to be selected from three approaches - suprapatellar, medial, lateral. The learner will then discard the non-sterile gloves and don sterile gloves proceed to aspirate the joint with the provided syringe assembly. Having aspirated the fluid, the syringe will be disposed in the sharps container and a bandage applied to the insertion site.
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