Tech2Match - Technologies for patients with pain (Virtual Reality)

Course content

The course “Tech2Match – Technologies for Patients with Pain (Monitoring)” provides a deeper understanding of how virtual reality can be applied in a clinical context to support patients in managing pain, from both a constructive and critical perspective. After an introduction to the terminology and the current state of the art, the course addresses practical considerations for using the technology. Subsequently, it presents the various practical applications of the technology and concrete steps for implementing it in daily clinical practice. All course content is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and competencies aligned with the learning goals listed below.

Learning goals

This course is aimed at enhancing the abilities of healthcare professionals (students and qualified staff) to solve problems, make decisions, and augment communication skills when introducing virtual reality to patients with pain. Participants will become competent in selecting and adjusting the technology based on patient characteristics, clinical environment, and cultural background while addressing usability challenges, risks, and data management. 

Prerequisites

None

Course schedule

The Tech2Match course consists of two parts - learning activities in the MOOC and learning activities requiring teacher/student or student/student cooperation, which are provided through the Tech2Match website. 

This course is applicable as a stand-alone course, with no requirements for accessing learning activities or material from the Tech2Match homepage. All units in the MOOC include self-assesment tests of knowledge acquired, requiring 50% of questions answered correctly to pass the test.        

For actively participating in the course you will receive an automatic certificate which includes your username, the course name as well as the completed lessons. We want to point out that this certificate merely confirms that the user answered at least 50% of the self-assessment questions correctly.

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