Media Room - In the News - 2006

Game-based technology being developed by BreakAway aims to give healthcare workers their first taste of real-world medical cases using virtual reality.

The following is an excerpt of an article by Adriana Garza
Originally published in the February 10th issue of The Corpus Christi Caller-Times

PULSE!! is a virtual learning program that, through the use of state-of-the-art technology, will present simulations of conditions that include complex combat injuries in the form of a video-game based learning platform, said Claudia Johnston, the university's associate vice president for special projects.

...healthcare professionals will be able to practice diagnosis and treatment of virtual patients before they ever actually treat a real person, eliminating errors that may have fatal results for the patient.

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The full text of this article can be found in the February 10, 2006 issue of The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. (Registration Required)