Medaphor company just got awarded for their newly developed ScanTrainer product. The ScanTrainer is developed using SenseGraphics technology for enabling touch experince (haptics) to the application. Learning gynecological ultrasound procedures has become much easier with the ScanTrainer as there is no need for a patient to train on… examination and training is done virtually on real or simulated patient data using a robotic/haptics device.

Read more about the award and Scantrainer here.

Dr Sarah Baillie from the Royal Veterinary College in London was recently announced as  ”The most innovative teacher of the year” in the United Kingdom. Dr Sarah Baillie is very famous in the haptics community as the creator of the “Haptic cow” which allows vet students to learn to palpate training on a pregnant virtual cow. Dr Sarah Baillie has now taken this concept one step further and together with SenseGraphics HAPI created a new simulator called the Core Skills Trainer.  The Core Skills Trainer is now being commercialised and will make it possible for students in; medicine, veterinary and dental educations to learn the core skills of palpation. To mention some of the benefits of the Core Skills trainer:

• students are able to practice the basic skills needed to diagnose/examine using the hands.
• skills progress is displayed.
• possible to practice repeatedly and in own time.
• opportunity to practice repeatedly before approaching patients.
• built-in tutorials means no instructor is needed.
• appealing game learning environment.
• small work area foot print.
• delivered as a total solution, everything is needed to get started with Core Skills training!

To learn more about this software do not hesitate to send coreskillstrainer(at)rvc.ac.uk an email!