Want more of Dr. Grimes? Find him on twitter - @keithgrimes Read his blog Listen to his 'Curistica' podcast Join his VR Facebook community - 'VR Doctors' The '5 ways' of using VR in healthcare
- Procedural distraction
- Novel therapeutic modality An evidence-base is building in chronic pain management, and watch this space for Keith's 'PREVENT ITU DELIRIUM' research.
- Novel diagnostic modality A great example is Vitae VR - dementia screening in the form of a virtual trip to the supermarket.
- Education and training The Medical Realities Platform, founded by Shafi Ahmed (@ShafiAhmed5), is providing 360° video VR training to surgeons all over the world.
- Breaking down barriers and delivering new perspectives Nick Peres (@MoorOfALife), creator of patientvr.co.uk, is pioneering the use of VR to deliver immersive patient perspective in healthcare education.
Here is a Curistica podcast where Keith describes the '5 ways' in detail, and another where he interviews Nick Peres. Important links The #DigitalHealth conversation Tiko's GP Group Google Glass. Keith has blogged about how he has experimented with it in clinical practice. Skip Rizzo's work on VR as a therapy for PTSD Howard Rose's work on VR as a therapy for pain Types of VR headsets - Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, Oculus Rift The Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, led by NHS England Clinical Innovation Lead Tony Young (@TonyYoung) The NHS Innovation Accelerator Podcasts mentioned at the beginning of the show (as promised) Clinical:
- St. Emlyn's Podcast
- The EmCrit Podcast
- The RAGE Podcast
Non-clinical:
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast
- Jocko Podcast
- RadioLab
- Freakonomics Radio
I hope you enjoyed Episode 1! Until next time. Robert Lloyd @PonderingEM *credit to Ben Cave for podcast music, Alan Howard for podcast image, and Emilie Snaith for logo design