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Welcome to the Virtual Angiography Suite
As modern healthcare systems become increasingly reliant on interventional radiology procedures, there is a growing need to ensure that medical students receive exposure to interventional radiology. There remains no standardized national undergraduate medical education curriculum in interventional radiology for medical students in Canada. Few medical schools in Canada offer undergraduate medical education elective rotations in interventional radiology and many medical students in Canada do not receive direct exposure to interventional radiology during medical school.
For many medical students initial experiences in an angiography suite may be daunting. Medical students must be aware of many basic concepts in the specialty, such as fundamental safety precautions, radiation safety and ergonomic considerations, as well as be familiar with many foundational concepts in the specialty, such as the Seldinger technique, contrast agents, and imaging techniques. Knowledge of various instruments and devices used in interventional radiology, such as needles, wires, dilators, sheaths, catheters, lines, stents, embolization protection devices, and embolization agents, is also essential for medical students both to understand what instruments and devices may be used in and to anticipate the next steps during a specific procedure. Nonetheless, there remain few comprehensive interventional radiology educational resources for medical students encompassing this integral information.
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| Immersive angiography suite | Basic concepts and instruments | Increase accessibility of resources | Career exploration |
| Enhance learning opportunities for medical students by providing a unique and immersive virtual environment allowing medical students to explore a virtual angiography suite | Increase knowledge of basic and foundational concepts in interventional radiology and the various instruments of interventional radiology | Improve interventional radiology educational resources through filling a critical gap in and improving the accessibility of available interventional radiology educational resources for medical students | Facilitate career exploration by increasing medical students’ exposure to interventional radiology and positively contributing to the successful ongoing growth of the specialty |
In collaboration with the Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology, we developed an online comprehensive interventional radiology educational resource for medical students. The Virtual Angiography Suite comprises two components. First, using Matterport technology, which encompasses 3 dimensional cameras and a virtual tour software platform, we developed an immersive virtual environment allowing medical students to explore a virtual angiography suite. Second, completing a structured review of published literature, we curated integral information for medical students and embedded this information in the virtual environment allowing medical students to easily access this information as they navigate through the educational resource.
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