Healthcare Software: Training & Education
Cultivating the Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals
As one of the nation's leading teaching hospitals, Emory delivers exceptional patient care while providing a world-class education to future healthcare professionals. Training the next generation of medical leaders requires more than textbooks — it demands advanced technologies that support hands-on learning and real-time decision-making. That’s why Emory inventors have developed cutting-edge tools, like the ones below, designed to help students master clinical skills in realistic environments.
Educational Apps
Citizen Science HD
Citizen Science HD is an educational tool and mobile app created by Emory University researchers. This STEM initiative aims to stimulate critical thinking in students through utilizing and understanding Big Data in K-12 schools. Citizen Science HD can be incorporated into classrooms, community outreach programs, events, and after-school programs, helping students apply Citizen Science and STEM principles to impact broader human health. The Citizen Science HD initiative was created to increase diversity in STEM and encourage underrepresented individuals and populations to pursue STEM careers.
Mobile App for Caregivers of Infants with Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital heart disease (CHD), the most common birth defect, can leave children with potentially fatal heart abnormalities, including structural issues and/or too-large blood vessels. While some cases may not present a large cause for concern, others may require newborns to undergo surgery before being released from the hospital. Many more require complicated treatment and care plans once released. To aid caregivers in delivering these complex treatment plans, Emory researchers have developed a mobile application to connect caregivers to clinicians, provide caregiving tips, and encourage self-care for caregivers.
ReadyVax
Despite the fact that vaccines have proven to effectively prevent millions of infectious disease cases each year, many parents refuse to have their children vaccinated due to false information on the web, message boards, and blogs. This refusal has contributed to a decline in vaccination rates and outbreaks of preventable disease in the developed world. ReadyVax is an Emory-created app with the purpose of increasing vaccination rates and sharing reputable information about a variety of vaccines and diseases. This app can be utilized by physicians, pharmacists, and the general public.
Training Tools
RADIANT: Software for the Creation, Sharing, and Viewing of Medical Images for Educational Purposes
RADIANT was designed to improve the creation, sharing, and viewing of medical images for teaching and testing – solving the current issue of radiologists, students, and medical residents using email or external storage for distributing high-quality medical images. The software allows for image annotations and offers assessments for students to test their radiologic knowledge. Standalone PC and Android applications have been developed, and development for iOS is underway.
Virtual Reality Hotspotting for Training Healthcare Professionals
Given virtual reality’s dynamic capabilities and recent advancements, a team of Emory researchers have applied it to a training app for healthcare professionals when treating patients with complex needs. The application enables large groups of learning/teaching personnel to interact virtually in simulated patient encounter cases prior to handling real patients. This allows healthcare professional trainees to gain experience and insight into their respective disciplines and treatment techniques. Healthcare resources, especially those for training, are limited, and this new method minimizes that strain on the healthcare system while training the next generation of healthcare providers.