One of my colleagues using an arthroscopy simulator.

Research:  VR

Using Virtual Reality for Training

While working for the Army Research Institute in graduate school, I became involved with research concerning the use of virtual reality for training. After graduation, I continued that work by exploring the use of VR to train firefighters to navigate unfamiliar buildings. During 1996, my job at the University of Houston’s Virtual Environment Technology Laboratory concerned directing behavioral research that involved the use of VR for training surgical skills, peacekeeping operations, teamed navigation training, cultural recognition training, and a variety of other applications.

Currently, I am working at Old Dominion University conducting more VR training research.  At ODU, I’ve done work with colleagues to investigate the use of VR for military after action review, and for training medical procedures.  Some of our publications in this area include:

Bliss, J.P., Hanner, H., & Scerbo, M.W. (2005).  Determining the efficacy of an immersive trainer for arthroscopy skills.  Proceedings of the 13^th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) Conference.  January 26-29, 2005: Long Beach, CA.

 

Schmidt, E., Scerbo, M.W., Bliss, J.P., Hanner-Bailey, H.S., Garcia, H.M., & Weireter, L.J. (2006).  Surgical skill performance under combat conditions in a virtual environment.  Proceedings of the 50^th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Meeting.  Santa Monica, CA:  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.  October 16-20:  San Francisco, CA.

 

Scerbo, M.W., Bliss, J.P., Schmidt, E.A., & Thompson, S.N. (2006).  The efficacy of a medical virtual reality simulator for phlebotomy.  Human Factors, 48(1), 72-84.

 

Scerbo, M.W., Schmidt, E.A., & Bliss, J.P. (2006).  Comparison of a virtual reality simulator and simulated limbs for phlebotomy training.  Journal of Infusion Nursing, 29(4), 214-224.

 

Mastaglio, T.W., Jones, P., Newlin, E.T., & Bliss, J.P. (2007).  An integrated theory for after action review.  Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC).  Orlando, FL, November 26-29.

 

Scerbo, M.W., Belfore, L.A., Garcia, H.M., Weireter, L.J., Jackson, M.W., Nalu, A., Baydogan, E., Bliss, J.P., & Seevink, J. (2007).  A virtual operating room for context relevant training.  Proceedings of the 51^st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.  Santa Monica, CA:  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.  October 1-5, Baltimore, MD.