UK medical students training on hologram patients in world-first


Medical students at an English university hospital are now being trained in with holograms of pretend patients. — Gigxr/Cuh/PA Media/dpa

LONDON: Medical students in Cambridge are the first in the world to learn with holographic patients, the university has said.

The students at Addenbrooke’s Hospital are using a new mix-reality training system called HoloScenarios, which enables teaching and learning with life-like holograms, which are accessible from anywhere in the world.

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