Chris Wiltz | December 13, 2017
Osso VR has a question for you: How skilled is your surgeon, really?
Some medical technologies can require hundreds of uses before a surgeon becomes proficient with them. Typical surgeon training involves working with cadavers, but doing this only allows trainees one, maybe two, sessions’ worth of experience. The rest of their training consists of watching videos and animations. Five to six months later they can get their first patient, which could be you or one of your loved ones.
How then can medical training be improved in a way that’s both cost effective and yields reliable and verifiable results? According to Calfornia-based startup Osso VR, virtual reality holds the key to better training and outcomes for surgeons.