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Augmented reality learning environment for physiotherapy education
journal contribution
posted on 2018-01-01, 00:00 authored by D Kelly, Thuong HoangThuong Hoang, M Reinoso, Z Joukhadar, T Clements, F VetereBackground
An understanding of how to translate anatomical knowledge and application of body mechanics to dynamic scenarios with real-life clients and movement is often a challenge for physiotherapy students.
Objective
Augmented Studio is an augmented reality system that helps facilitate this by projecting anatomical structures over moving bodies and allowing annotation of these structures.
Methods
Via a user and learner-centred design approach, augmented reality technology can assist education of physiotherapy students through augmentation and annotation.
Results
Using projection mapping Augmented Studio enables display of anatomy such as skeleton and muscles on the body in real time as it moves. With the creation of a technique to deliver hand-drawing annotation projected onto the moving body student and teacher clinical reasoning strategies can be made explicit.
Conclusion
Outcomes from a pilot usability study showed that Augmented Studio promotes the creation of an engaging teaching and learning experience and the facilitation of communication between teachers and students.
An understanding of how to translate anatomical knowledge and application of body mechanics to dynamic scenarios with real-life clients and movement is often a challenge for physiotherapy students.
Objective
Augmented Studio is an augmented reality system that helps facilitate this by projecting anatomical structures over moving bodies and allowing annotation of these structures.
Methods
Via a user and learner-centred design approach, augmented reality technology can assist education of physiotherapy students through augmentation and annotation.
Results
Using projection mapping Augmented Studio enables display of anatomy such as skeleton and muscles on the body in real time as it moves. With the creation of a technique to deliver hand-drawing annotation projected onto the moving body student and teacher clinical reasoning strategies can be made explicit.
Conclusion
Outcomes from a pilot usability study showed that Augmented Studio promotes the creation of an engaging teaching and learning experience and the facilitation of communication between teachers and students.
