# Emerging Technologies in Medical Education — GCMD Library living collection

Updated: n/a · 4 episodes · 36 cited statements

## Episodes
### Immersive Learning Technologies
- [Exploring the metaverse and its potential applications in healthcare](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604) — podcast · 4:03 · [machine version](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604.md)
- [Exploring the Metaverse: Virtual Reality Applications in Healthcare and Surgery](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605) — podcast · 4:03 · [machine version](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605.md)
- [Disruptive technologies in medical education: escape rooms, virtual reality, and gamification](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597) — podcast · 12:30 · [machine version](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597.md)

### Virtual Clinical Training
- [Examining Audiology Students' Clinical Collaboration Skills When Using Virtual Audiology Cases Aided With No Collaboration, Live Collaboration, and Virtual Collaboration](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/examining-audiology-students-clinical-collaboration-skills-when-using-virtual-au-15106) — article · [machine version](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/examining-audiology-students-clinical-collaboration-skills-when-using-virtual-au-15106.md)

## Chapters
- [0:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=2) Medical escape rooms for team-based learning (Ep 3)
- [2:36](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=156) Virtual reality for patient experience and anxiety reduction (Ep 3)
- [5:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=302) Gamification in healthcare compliance (Ep 3)
- [5:46](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=346) VR surgical planning and telementoring technologies (Ep 3)
- [9:04](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=544) RFID patient identification stickers (Ep 3)
- [0:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=2) Introduction and podcast setup (Ep 1)
- [0:44](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=44) Defining the metaverse concept (Ep 1)
- [1:47](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=107) Metaverse advantages and applications (Ep 1)
- [2:47](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=167) Healthcare and surgical applications (Ep 1)
- [3:34](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=214) Closing remarks (Ep 1)
- [0:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=2) Introduction and Host Identification (Ep 2)
- [0:44](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=44) Defining the Metaverse Concept (Ep 2)
- [1:46](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=106) Metaverse Capabilities and Survey Data (Ep 2)
- [2:47](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=167) Healthcare and Surgical Applications (Ep 2)
- [3:34](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=214) Closing Remarks (Ep 2)

## Statements
Every statement is attributed, typed, and timestamped; the link is the citation.
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital lab has been meeting in the surgical metaverse — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 1 · 0:47](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=47)
- Meeting in a metaverse workroom feels better than watching each other on a 2D Zoom meeting because you actually feel like you're in the room together — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 0:57](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=57)
- Metaverse is not a specific technology or space but a concept of Internet communication and information delivery — Rami Shaben (clinical) [Ep 1 · 1:20](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=80)
- Metaverse is a highly interactive three-dimensional world where you can have different experiences with your own created avatar — Rami Shaben (clinical) [Ep 1 · 1:39](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=99)
- Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and many others are putting a lot of investment in metaverse technology — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 1 · 2:55](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=175)
- Potential healthcare opportunities for metaverse include surgical simulation — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 3:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=182)
- Potential healthcare opportunities for metaverse include surgical planning — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 3:06](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=186)
- Creating an environment of an operating room in metaverse could allow users to feel like they're really there — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 3:07](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=187)
- It is uncertain whether metaverse is just a passing trend or a future disruptive technology — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 3:14](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=194)
- Metaverse will give us new abilities that we don't normally have in real life — Rami Shaben (opinion) [Ep 1 · 2:17](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=137)
- Medical education has changed focus to a more learner-centered model, placing learners at the center of innovation in training over the past two decades. — Pam Choi (opinion) [Ep 3 · 0:25](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=25)
- Escape room exercises help healthcare teams develop and enhance communication, teamwork, and resilience skills, as well as reinforce medical knowledge. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 1:03](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=63)
- When used effectively, escape rooms act as a low-cost high effect resource for a variety of learners. — Pam Choi (opinion) [Ep 3 · 1:35](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=95)
- Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, University of Kansas Health System, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and University of Minnesota have built medical escape rooms to improve education among trainees. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 2:01](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=121)
- Virtual reality is a simulated 3D environment that allows users to explore and interact with virtual surroundings in a way that looks like reality. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 2:36](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=156)
- Thumbay Group from Dubai, UAE is the first to build a virtual hospital on a metaverse to interact with patients and improve patient experience. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 3:07](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=187)
- The virtual hospital provides patients with immersive healthcare experience from patient experience center to complete hospital walkthrough and services, allowing consultation via virtual headsets. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 3:17](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=197)
- VR can be used to ease anxiety before procedures or during imaging, help pain post-operatively, and in some cases reduce the need for sedation or general anesthesia during minor surgical procedures. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 3:56](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=236)
- The Childhood Anxiety Reduction through Innovation and Technology program (Chariot) at Stanford aims to take existing technologies and create new ones to address unique needs of individual patients. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 4:34](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=274)
- Gamification is the application of typical elements of game playing to other areas of activities, especially tasks that are not enjoyable, to encourage engagement with a product or service. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 5:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=302)
- Precision OS creates surgical simulations to accelerate skill acquisition and surgical readiness, with VR learning partnerships at 29 medical institutions in North America including University of Connecticut, University of Toronto, and University of British Columbia. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 6:57](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=417)
- Surgeons used VR to separate twins with conjoined heads in a 27-hour long surgery, spending hours training using VR projection with Precision OS Envision while wearing an Oculus VR headset. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 7:55](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=475)
- Patient wristbands, especially for young patients like children and babies, can create problems: they are difficult to fasten, may irritate the skin, must be rotated to be scanned, can be too tight causing pain or too loose causing loss. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 9:25](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=565)
- Identity Shield is a smart ID sticker to replace hospital wristbands, RFID enabled with an optical scanning option. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 9:54](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=594)
- RFID stands for radio frequency identification and uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 10:17](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=617)
- Northwell Health, New York state's largest healthcare system, used the Identity Shield badge on over 30,000 patients between October 2019 and November 2020, mostly at Lenox Health Hospital in New York City during the pandemic. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 10:53](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=653)
- NFC stands for near field communications, a set of communication protocols enabling communication between two electronic devices, with interaction limited to an extremely short range of 4 centimeters or an inch and a half or less. — Pam Choi (clinical) [Ep 3 · 11:27](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=687)
- The lab at Cincinnati Children's Hospital has been meeting in the surgical metaverse (clinical) [Ep 2 · 0:47](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=47)
- Meeting in a metaverse workroom feels better than watching each other on a 2D Zoom meeting because you actually feel like you're in the room together (opinion) [Ep 2 · 0:57](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=57)
- Metaverse is not a specific technology or a specific space, metaverse is a concept, a new concept of Internet of communication and the information deliveries — Rami Shaben (clinical) [Ep 2 · 1:20](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=80)
- In metaverse, you can fly and build new tools — Rami Shaben (clinical) [Ep 2 · 1:46](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=106)
- Metaverse will give us new abilities that we don't normally have in real life — Rami Shaben (opinion) [Ep 2 · 2:17](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=137)
- Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and many others are putting a lot of eggs in the metaverse basket (clinical) [Ep 2 · 2:55](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=175)
- There are potential opportunities for surgical simulation in the metaverse (opinion) [Ep 2 · 3:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=182)
- There are potential opportunities for surgical planning in the metaverse (opinion) [Ep 2 · 3:06](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=186)
- You could create an environment of an operating room in the metaverse and go into that operating room and really feel like you're there (clinical) [Ep 2 · 3:07](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=187)

## Host summaries
Recaps by a host of what the experts said — not the host's own clinical position.
- Metaverse is a space similar to the Internet where people can engage with different types of media like virtual reality and augmented reality — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 1 · 1:09](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=69)
- Internet is something you can browse, but metaverse is somewhere you can live in under special circumstances — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 1 · 1:33](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=93)
- In metaverse you can meet with new people around the world, get together with real life friends, meet colleagues, and have meetings — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 1 · 1:53](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=113)
- A late 2021 survey of global internet users found that the biggest advantage of metaverse is overcoming the obstacles that prevent us to do something in our real life — Tom Batch summarizing a resource [Ep 1 · 2:31](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=151)
- The second advantage of metaverse according to the survey is enhancing creativity and imagination — Tom Batch summarizing a resource [Ep 1 · 2:41](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-and-its-potential-applications-in-healthcare-13604?t=161)
- Escape rooms are time-bound immersive adventure experiences with hidden clues and keys, where participants try to get out before time ends, typically including sequential puzzles or escape box challenges. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 0:43](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=43)
- Medical escape rooms have been utilized to teach and reinforce topics including discussing cancer diagnosis, cardiovascular physiology, and fluids and electrolytes. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 1:24](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=84)
- Institutions are adopting medical escape rooms to teach residents, nursing staff, and other trainees to recognize and respond to medical conditions like preeclampsia, sepsis, and patient safety. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 1:49](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=109)
- Casey Davis and colleagues published a how-to guide for building medical escape rooms in Medical Teacher journal in April 2022. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 2:19](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=139)
- Metaverse is an integrated network of 3D virtual worlds accessed with VR headsets, with users navigating using eye movements, feedback controllers, and voice commands. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 2:52](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=172)
- Avatars can visit multiple doctors in virtual clinics or get second opinions from various healthcare professionals in the virtual hospital. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 3:32](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=212)
- Virtual hospitals offer first aid and preventative health programs using AR, VR, and artificial intelligence software to educate patients and suggest treatment plans. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 3:39](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=219)
- In 2018, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Stanford piloted VR capabilities in pediatric clinical settings and expanded its VR program to over 150 use cases per month, helping young patients beyond the hospital. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 4:11](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=251)
- Stanford Medicine Children's Health is home to one of the nation's largest VR programs. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 4:30](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=270)
- A team of physicians, engineers, researchers, and child life professionals is piloting virtual reality experiences, new tablet-based apps, and interactive bedside projector-based games at Stanford. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 4:50](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=290)
- A prospective randomized controlled trial from Seoul National University College of Medicine showed VR experience of the preoperative process could reduce preoperative anxiety and improve compliance during anesthetic induction in children undergoing elective surgery and general anesthesia. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 5:28](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=328)
- Induu allows healthcare professionals to create a unique digital copy of their patient using CT or MRI scans, which surgeons can review with a virtual headset before going into the case. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 6:25](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=385)
- The National Institute of Health, OSF Healthcare, and Children's Hospital of Illinois use Induu for training surgical teams, evaluating patient cases, research collaborations, and more. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 6:46](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=406)
- A significant percentage of surgical residents report they do not feel ready to independently perform procedures upon completion of their training. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 7:17](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=437)
- VR training represents an accessible, cost-effective, and deliberate practice methodology to help surgeons reach a competency threshold or achieve surgical mastery. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 7:26](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=446)
- The FDA approved Precision OS Envision as a VR preoperative planning tool, with the patented software available in early 2022, letting surgeons use an Oculus Quest 2 device for preoperative planning. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 7:37](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=457)
- The surgery's direction was from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London while the actual surgery was happening in Rio de Janeiro. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 8:20](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=500)
- Proximy allows multiple people in remote locations to virtually interact in a way which mimics what they would experience if collaborating in the same operating room, using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 8:28](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=508)
- Clinicians using Proximy can remotely interact in a live procedure or assessment from start to finish, physically showing each other where to make an incision in real time or using physical gestures to illustrate a technique. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 8:47](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=527)
- The Identity Shield sticker is made of very thin plastic material that is adhesive, non-reactive, and hypoallergenic, includes PHI like first and last name, date of birth, blood type, or possible allergies, and lasts for 7 days on patients. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 10:28](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=628)
- Common use of Identity Shield is in NICU, newborns, and children due to the high loss rate of wristbands, which is 12% in these populations. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 10:43](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=643)
- According to the pilot study, patient, nurse, and clinical staff feedback was overwhelmingly positive at 80% of clinicians preferring the Identity Shield over traditional wristbands. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 11:09](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=669)
- With the RFID layer, hospital staff can use NFC to read the Identity Shield badge without ever having to lift the patient's sleeve. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 11:27](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=687)
- NFC has been a staple feature on smartphones for several years: the first Android device included NFC in 2010, and Apple followed in 2014, meaning NFC has been present since iPhone 6. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 11:50](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=710)
- Children's Health in Dallas, Texas is now using Identity Shield after Northwell Health. — Em Tombash summarizing the discussion [Ep 3 · 12:04](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/disruptive-technologies-in-medical-education-escape-rooms-virtual-reality-and-ga-13597?t=724)
- Metaverse is a space similar to the Internet where people will be able to engage with different types of media like virtual reality, augmented reality, and much more — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 2 · 1:09](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=69)
- Internet is something you can browse, but Metaverse is somewhere you can live in under special circumstances — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 2 · 1:33](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=93)
- Metaverse is a highly interactive three-dimensional world where you can have different experiences with your own created avatar — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 2 · 1:39](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=99)
- In metaverse, you can meet with new people around the world, get together with real life friends, meet colleagues, and have meetings — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 2 · 1:53](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=113)
- A late 2021 survey of global internet users found that the biggest advantage of metaverse is overcoming the obstacles that prevent us to do something in our real life — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 2 · 2:31](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=151)
- According to the late 2021 survey, the second advantage of metaverse is enhancing creativity and imagination — Tom Batch summarizing the discussion [Ep 2 · 2:41](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/exploring-the-metaverse-virtual-reality-applications-in-healthcare-and-surgery-13605?t=161)

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