Virtual OR

This paper focuses on the Virtual Operating Room (OR) system for practicing surgery and other skills on model patient in simulated spaces. The Virtual OR creates complex interactions between real and virtual space than the debridement system. The space itself is a combination of the real and the virtual. High-intensity lights glare down on a mannequin lying on the operating table. The room's walls display virtual monitors, instruments, and a transfusion kit. As the virtual operating room evolves, it is expected to drill students and residents in critical thinking and communications skills. They will see more and more varied emergencies than the cases that come through the hospital doors when they are on shift. They can also schedule virtual team practice at their own convenience. The Virtual OR gives human factors researchers a tool to study how and why surgeons make mistakes.