About the Allied Health Professionals - Virtual Reality 360 films programme
Health Education England’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team was pleased to support HEE’s Allied Health Professions (AHP) Programme in delivering the inspirational vision of AHP Leadership fellow Marie-Clare Wadley with these short virtual reality (VR) films.
Produced in collaboration with Nick Peres a leader in VR and digital technology at The Virtual Reality Lab at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, these films, or experiences, give a vivid insight into “a day in the life of” AHPs working in:
• Podiatry,
• Prosthetic and orthotic,
• Therapeutic radiography,
• Orthoptic,
• Dietetics.
• Speech and language therapy professions
• Occupational Therapy – coming soon
The first four of these professions have been described as being small and vulnerable, due to the lack of new trainees. This was the reason the films were created – to capture interest and explain, in a fully interactive experience with hotspots of additional film, what someone working in these professions is likely to experience, during a ‘typical’ working day.
The project also supports HEE’s TEL team’s work on simulation-based education (SBE) and the SBE framework.
These 360-videos have been commissioned by HEE’s TEL team, in conjunction with HEE’s AHP Programme.
More information
These new films use the latest immersive 360-degree VR technology and are narrated by the clinicians themselves – giving inspiring and informative insight into their chosen professions. Using VR in this way is cutting edge and is thought to be some of the first work of its kind in health and care careers. The project is part of HEE’s AHP programme’s strategy to improve the supply of AHPs to help deliver the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan.
The films have been created to show a typical day in the life of a podiatry, orthoptics, prosthetic and orthotics and therapeutic radiography professional. You can look around the environment, and watch short films embedded within it.
Additional resources
AHP career resources
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/AHP%20careers%20resources.pdf
Promoting AHP careers
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/resources/promoting-ahp-careers
Teaching resources
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/career-advisers-and-teachers/teaching-resources
Tell us what you think
To evaluate the effectiveness of the AHP VR360 films, we are seeking some feedback. Please answer the following questions, which will be used to guide future film development and healthcare learning and development. All responses will remain anonymous, although we may need to contact you for clarification.
Meet the team
Marie-Clare Wadley
AHP Leadership fellow, Health Education England and Physiotherapist
Nick Peres
VR Filmmaker, Head of Digital at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Project Lead
Vanessa Cullen
Project manager, AHP Programme Health Education England
Richard Price
Learning Technologies Advisor, Health Education England
Credits
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Orthoptics
Orthoptics
- Daniel Osborne, Orthoptist
- Elizabeth O’Flynn, Orthoptist
- James Self, Consultant ophthalmologist
- Jeremy Bradshaw, Orthoptist
- Madeline Lawton, Student orthoptist
- Marlayne Coroneo, Healthcare assistant
- Megan Evans, Orthoptist
- Rachel McKevitt, Orthoptist
- Rachael Phillipson, Orthoptic receptionist
- Richard Evans, Orthoptist
- Thanks to The British and Irish Orthoptic Society
- Filmed at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
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Podiatry
Podiatry
- Angie Abbot, Head of podiatry
- Ruth Clausen, Assistant practitioner
- Sean Ellin, Musculoskeletal podiatrist
- Stella Thomas, podiatry assistant
- Su Stewart, Nail surgery specialist podiatrist
- Thanks to The College of Podiatry
- Filmed at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
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Prosthetics and Orthotics
Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Andrew Shell, Technician
- Ayrton Dos Santos, Prosthetics patient
- Barrie Williams, Technician
- Caroline Ward, Prosthetist
- Dan Thompson, Orthotics Technician
- David Gates, Orthotics Technician
- Gemma Baudrey, Matthew’s mum
- Ian Parks, Orthotist
- Jamie Gray, Orthotics Technician
- Juliet Sturgess, Orthotist
- Matthew Baudrey, Orthotics patient
- Paul Harris, Orthotics Technician
- Paul Stringer, Supervisor
- Thanks to The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO)
- Filmed at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Therapeutic Radiography
Therapeutic Radiography
- Caroline David-Paluch, Senior therapeutic radiographer
- Gemma Lees, Therapeutic Radiography lecturer practitioner
- Greg Smyth, Principle Radiotherapy physicist
- Sarah Armstrong, Professional development lead superintendent radiographer
- Sophie Heath, Therapeutic radiographer
- Thanks to The Society of Radiographers
- Filmed at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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