Thesis Description & Objectives
Problem:
In healthcare education, over the past decade, scientific literature has shown that Extended Reality (XR) technologies can effectively simulate complex and high-risk scenarios, enabling repeated practice in safe and controlled environments. Despite the growing adoption of XR in medical education, several relevant aspects (e.g., realistic interaction with medical tools, personalized XR training experiences) remain only partially explored and
deserve further investigation.
Objective: Study XR and haptics solutions that would allow doctors to practice and improve their skills.
Approach: Design and develop an XR application integrating haptics technologies to improve manual skill. Validate the tool with experiments involving emergency doctors. This thesis is developed in collaboration with clinicians from hospitals in Turin.
Expected Impact:
Enhanced training experience.
This thesis proposal is part of the context of previous research activities carried out in collaboration with Ontario Tech University, Durham College (Canada), and Ospedale Mauriziano (Italy).
