Application of virtual reality technology to the medical experimental instruction - Taking the example of Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture teaching in Chinese Medicine

Author

Luo Hong ; Bian Ya-hong ; Zhang Li ; Wang Shi-yong

Author_Institution

Center of Educ. Technol., Second Mil. Med. Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 April 2013

Firstpage

613

Lastpage

617

Abstract

Taking the example of Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture teaching in Chinese Medicine, it is analyzed in details that how to apply virtual reality (VR) technology into the medical experimental instruction. A medical virtual teaching system is constructed and its functions, design of main modules as well as choices of teaching media are introduced. Moreover, the most important techniques during the course of system development are also disclosed. This system has received a positive assessment after being put to practical teaching use.

Keywords

biomedical education; computer aided instruction; educational courses; medical computing; teaching; virtual reality; Chinese medicine; VR technology; medical experimental instruction; medical virtual teaching system; teaching media; teaching module design; virtual reality technology; wrist-ankle acupuncture teaching; Computers; Education; Indexes; Virtools; experimental instruction; medical virtual teaching; system design; virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2013 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Colombo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4464-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6553982

Filename

6553982