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Social- og Sundhedsskolen
When a robot has a heart attack At the Basic Health Care College of Fredericia-Vejle-Horsens, students can expect to learn not just through study and role play. As a leader within the use of simulation, the college allows students to prepare for real-life situations with the help of robots, video playback and an authentic hospital environment. Students also get to travel abroad to explore their chosen profession outside Denmark, or can collaborate virtually with students from afar.
react in certain situations, students can now refer back to the simulated experience when they face the same incident in real life. It means that they don’t have to feel like they are fumbling their way to find the right action.”
By Signe Hansen
More than robots
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Photos: Social- og Sundhedsskolen Fredericia-Vejle-Horsens
A human figure stoops and drops to the floor clutching his chest. Next to him stands a perplexed health worker, unsure of what action to take. It is a situation that can be traumatising for the health worker, but fatal for the patient – if the figure were a human and not a robot. Luckily, at the Basic Health Care College of FredericiaVejle-Horsens, health care students get to try out this simulated situation enough 24 |
Issue 101
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June 2017
times for the possibly life-saving action to become second nature before they face the situation in real life. “The robots can be used to simulate everything from a heart attack to mental health issues,” explains the president of the college, PhD Hanne Helleshøj. “It adds another level to the training; on top of having read and researched how to
As one of the first Danish educational institutions to use robot technology in their everyday training, the Basic Health Care College of Fredericia-Vejle-Horsens has today become a leader in the field. Thanks to a large grant from the AP Møller Fund, the college could invest in not just high-tech robot mannequins, but also all the technology to support their use, such as equipment for video recording and playback and a range of interactive,