Meet NEONATAL’s team!
We are introducing you to a groundbreaking solution in healthcare: the use of simulated VR training to equip healthcare workers with life-saving neonatal resuscitation skills, helping them to deliver better care for newborns at the most critical moment.
1. Can you briefly present us your team? What’s your story and what drives you?
The Neonatal team is composed of experts from both healthcare and XR design. At the core of the project are Stine Lund, Anja Poulsen, and Hanna Rahimi from Rigshospitalet, bringing extensive experience in global health, pediatrics, and neonatal care. They are supported by Johannes Sivesgaard and Yiannis Kalaitzoglou from Khora, a leading XR production studio specializing in immersive experiences. The team is driven by a shared passion to improve neonatal healthcare and training for healthcare workers, and innovating on how training in XR technologies can overcome the challenges of traditional training methods.
2. In simple words, what is your project about and how is it linked with XR2Learn?
The project, NEONATAL, uses Virtual Reality (VR) to train healthcare workers in neonatal resuscitation, aiming to enhance the quality of care provided to newborns in emergency situations. The project is linked to XR2Learn through its use of XR (Extended Reality) technologies for immersive learning and training. We want to learn how to optimize our training modules to improve neonatal emergency care through scalable and adaptable VR-based training.
3. How did you come up with this project idea and what benefits will it bring to the end users?
The idea for NEONATAL originated from the need to reduce neonatal deaths, which still account for a significant percentage of under-five mortality. The project was conceived to address the challenges of current neonatal training methods. It provides benefits by offering a scalable, cost-effective training solution that can be updated regularly, allowing healthcare workers to practice and refine their neonatal resuscitation skills at their own pace. The project benefits healthcare workers by providing realistic, repeatable training scenarios that build their confidence and decision-making skills, ultimately improving the quality of neonatal care and saving lives.
4. What type of synergies do you want to explore/are already exploring with other XR2Learn teams?
The NEONATAL project seeks to collaborate with other XR2Learn teams that focus on their expertise and experience with training, VR development, and innovative educational methodologies. We have not yet explored them, but we hope that the synergies will include sharing insights on how to enhance XR applications in medical education, ensuring that the training modules are scalable and adaptable to different healthcare environments, and contributing to a broader European effort to improve medical training through XR.
5. What are your plans for the future when it comes to the development of your ideas & projects?
Moving forward, NEONATAL plans to continue testing and refining the VR training modules, with the aim of implementing the project across Europe. The goal is to create an adaptable VR training application that can be integrated into healthcare systems, with the potential for further expansion into other areas of healthcare training. The project will contribute to the development of standardized, human-centric XR training solutions that can be implemented globally to improve healthcare outcomes.
