Virtual Reality and AI for Medical Education
Virtual Reality (VR) is a rapidly emerging technology in medical education that offers unprecedented opportunities for immersive and interactive learning. By simulating realistic clinical environments, VR enables students to engage in examination scenarios at an early stage of their studies, fostering the development of essential diagnostic and procedural skills.
This approach provides students with safe learning environment in which they can refine their competencies without putting real patients at risk, thereby increasing both confidence and knowledge.
By integrating advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, including large language models (LLMs) and image synthesis methods like diffusion models, we are able to further enhance the educational potential of VR by enabling the generation of customizable clinical scenarios and dynamic, lifelike patient interactions. This synergy between VR and AI not only personalizes the learning experience but also ensures a more comprehensive and adaptive approach to medical education.
In collaboration with our local medical experts from the IfAS, we've already implemented several projects in this area and integrated them into the medical curriculum at various German universities. See below for some impressions of these projects.
