Trends in virtual reality technologies for the learning patient

NextMed convened the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 22 (MMVR 22) conference in 2016. Since 1992, the conference has brought together a diverse group of researchers to share creative solutions for the evolving challenge of integrating virtual reality tools into medical education. Virtual reality (VR) and its enabling technologies utilize hardware and software to simulate environments and encounters where users can interact and learn. The MMVR 22 symposium proceedings contain projects that support a variety of learners: medical students, practitioners, soldiers, and patients. This report will contemplate the trends in virtual reality technologies for patients navigating their medical and healthcare learning. The learning patient seeks more than intervention; they seek prevention. From virtual humans and environments to motion sensors and haptic devices, patients are surrounded by increasingly rich and transformative data-driven tools. Applied data enables VR applications to simulate experience, predict health outcomes, and motivate new behavior. The MMVR 22 presents investigations into the usability of wearable devices, the efficacy of avatar inclusion, and the viability of multi-player gaming. With increasing need for individualized and scalable programming, only committed open source efforts will align instructional designers, technology integrators, trainers, and clinicians. Curriculum and InstructionCurriculum and Instructio

Adoption of managerial innovations: effect of adoption rationales on the adoption process

The aim of the research is to explore the complex phenomenon of the adoption of managerial innovations by organisations, with an attempt to identify relationships between various elements of this process. Four case studies were compiled using interview data from selected managers. The data provided a means of subjecting the rationales that Sturdy (2004) posited for the adoption of managerial innovations to empirical inquiry. The study also seeks to explore how the identified rationales may relate to two main characteristics of the subsequent adoption process, namely, the timing of adoption in the life cycle of the innovation and how long the adoption process takes. To our knowledge, this study represents the first empirical exploration of the adoption rationales posited by Sturdy and their subsequent impact on the adoption process. The findings of the study will be of value to academics interested studying the adoption of managerial innovations and also practising managers who must make adoption decisions and manage the adoption process. It is recognised that the study is exploratory in nature and suggestions for further research are proposed

Side-lying Leg Lift (up and down)

Begin lying on your side with the torso and head lined up along the back edge of the mat. Flex the hips slightly so the feet line up with the front edge of the mat. Support the head on the hand with the arm on the mat and the other hand in front of the chest. Keep the shoulders and the hips stacked on top of each other and the spine straight. The bottom leg can be parallel or turned out with the bottom foot flexed and the toes tucked under. Maintain this position throughout the movement. Exhale and lift the top leg up toward the ceiling, creasing at the top of the femur without moving the top hip or shortening the waist. Reach the leg away from the hip as it goes up. Lift the leg, not the hip. Keep the shoulders and hips stacked. Inhale and lower the top leg back to near the bottom leg. Repeat. Switch sides.https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/pilates_crit_inst/1030/thumbnail.jp

Chair

Begin in Mountain pose with the feet together and parallel. Inhale and raise your hands overhead. Feel your ribcage expand. Press your palms together, although you may also keep your hands shoulder-width apart if you feel that is more comfortable for you. Draw your shoulders down, keeping your chest lifted. Continue to stretch your tailbone down. On the next exhalation, bend your hips and knees. Try to keep your hips aligned behind your heels and your knees back behind your toes. Stretch your tailbone down and feel the extension out of the low spine. You can look up at your thumbs as you draw them back. Take time to breathe deeply, opening the chest. Keep your shoulders moving away from the ears. Be sure the neck is comfortable so there is space in the back of the neck. If you are uncomfortable at all, continue to look straight ahead. Otherwise take the focus up toward your hands. Feel the inside of the knees pressing together and keep the knees aligned with the toes. Notice that your hips feel as if they are being pulled backward and down, while during each inhalation your chest feels like it is lifting higher toward the sky. Find yourself in the space where you are the most comfortably challenged, and continue to focus on your breath.https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/yoga_crit_inst/1041/thumbnail.jp

Dolphin

Start on your hands and knees. Keep your legs about hip-width apart. Your middle fingers should be parallel, pointing straight ahead. Exhale and bend your arm at the elbow so to press the forearm into the mat. Hands may remain extended from the elbow or close together. Inhale and curl your toes under, as if getting ready to stand on your toes. Exhale and lift your knees off of the mat. Strive for straight legs; however, it is okay to bend the knees a bit and to keep your heels raised. Lengthen the spine and elevate the tailbone away from the pelvis. Keep the forearms actively pressed into the floor. Firm your shoulder blades against your back and then widen them away from the spine and draw them towards the tailbone. Avoid letting your shoulders creep up by your ears – keep them down. Hold the position for a few breaths. Come down on the exhale.https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/yoga_crit_inst/1014/thumbnail.jp

Locust

Lie prone (on your belly) with your arms along the sides of your torso, palms up, forehead resting on the floor. Turn your big toes toward each other to inwardly rotate your thighs, and firm your buttocks so your coccyx presses toward your pubis. Exhale and lift your head, upper torso, arms, and legs away from the floor. You’ll be resting on your lower ribs, belly, and front pelvis. Firm your buttocks and reach strongly through your legs, first through the heels to lengthen the back legs, then through the bases of the big toes. Keep the big toes turned toward each other. Raise your arms parallel to the floor and stretch back actively through your fingertips. Imagine there’s a weight pressing down on the backs of the upper arms, and push up toward the ceiling against this resistance. Press your scapulas firmly into your back. Gaze forward or slightly upward, being careful not to jut your chin forward and crunch the back of your neck. Keep the base of the skull lifted and the back of the neck long.https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/yoga_crit_inst/1020/thumbnail.jp

Shell

Begin in table top. Shift hips towards heels and draw head to mat. Extend arms overhead.https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/pilates_crit_inst/1026/thumbnail.jp