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Training in lung cancer surgery through the metaverse, including extended reality, in the smart operating room of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Training in lung cancer surgery through the metaverse, including extended reality, in the smart operating room of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PNXOEK
 
Creator Huilyung Koo
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has made it difficult to provide medical training across borders. In particular, it has become virtually impossible to see high-tech medical equipment from other countries and observe surgery to learn. However, educational methods involving the “metaverse” are also being introduced in the medical field to meet the growing demand for non-face-to-face education, as medical staff from around the world who visited Korea to gain expertise in medical technology and medical students who need to practice have had fewer opportunities to work with patients directly due to COVID-19. Efficient surgical training is also challenging using available video-conferencing systems such as Zoom. In order to resolve these limitations, new digital methods using metaverse technology are emerging in the Korean medical community. In this editorial, I would like to introduce a training course in the metaverse held in Korea and describe expectations about how this technology will be used in the medical field in the future.
 
Subject Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
 
Contributor Cho, A Ra