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About The Course:

Marcus Smith, a 26-year-old male, presents with a unilateral sore throat, fever, muffled ‘hot potato’ voice, trismus, and uvular deviation away from the affected side—findings suggestive of a peritonsillar abscess. As the healthcare provider, your objective is to carry out the procedure efficiently and safely, minimizing complications such as hemorrhage or inadvertent vascular injury.

This hands-on VR experience walks you through the process of abscess aspiration using standard tools and techniques. The simulation prioritizes patient interaction, procedural safety, and clinical judgment.

Learning Objectives:
  • Applying proper infection control practices, including hand hygiene and glove use
  • Preparing and administering local anesthesia safely and accurately
  • Performing needle aspiration of the peritonsillar abscess with attention to anatomical landmarks and vascular structures
  • Managing post-procedure care, including monitoring for complications and patient discharge planning
Reference:
  • Gavriel, H., Vaiman, M., & Kessler, A. (2009). Peritonsillar abscess: Diagnosis, treatment, and complications. American Journal of Otolaryngology, 30(6), 385–390.

Customize Your Program
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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 Peritonsillar Abscess Aspiration

As part of the Peritonsillar Abscess Aspiration simulation, the learner will introduce themselves, confirm the patient’s identity, and obtain consent for the procedure. Following hand hygiene and donning non-sterile gloves the learner will apply topical anesthetic and modify a spinal needle sheath to expose only 1 cm of the needle tip.
With the patient’s mouth opened and stabilized the learner will insert the needle into the most prominent area of the abscess while continuously aspirating. Once pus is evacuated, the needle is carefully withdrawn, and any residual fluid is suctioned. On procedure completion the patient will be educated on discharge instructions, including a course of antibiotics and signs of complications to watch for.
All procedural tools and environmental affordances are provided within the simulation to ensure a realistic and educational experience.

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