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Vuzix Smart Glasses Support New Partnership Designed to Solve Global Health Workforce Shortages
- A new partnership between Global Health Education Group and the University of Leeds will use Vuzix smart glasses to provide remote medical learning and
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[{"type":"text","content":"- A new partnership between Global Health Education Group and the University of Leeds will use Vuzix smart glasses to provide remote medical learning and interaction\nROCHESTER, N.Y., March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (\"Vuzix\" or, the \"Company\"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced that its smart glasses have been selected to support a new partnership between med-tech specialist Global Health Education Group (\"GHEG\") and the University of Leeds, one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK. GHEG has developed an online learning tool designed to significantly increase the accessibility, scale and quality of clinical training opportunities available to healthcare students.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nClinical training in hospitals and health practices is a necessary and key component of medical and healthcare education around the world. The current shortage of such placement opportunities can create bottlenecks, which in turn can hinder ongoing efforts to address the estimated shortfall of 10 million healthcare workers worldwide.\nA new platform, developed by GHEG, in collaboration with the University of Leeds, will allow larger groups of healthcare and medical students to participate in clinical placements simultaneously, regardless of the distance between the patient and clinician in one location and multiple students in others. Students can see the patient through Vuzix smart glasses worn by the clinician, as well as hear the patient's heart and chest sounds through the e-stethoscope and ear through an e-otoscope, as if they were carrying out the examination themselves. They can also interact with the patient and ask questions. This solution, which will also expand clinical training and placement opportunities in hard-to-reach locations and settings, has been co-designed with general practitioners, clinical academics and researchers from Leeds' School of Medicine. It has already been tested with the assistance of medical students and phase two will be a feasibility study that is trialed with patients. The goal is to expand use of the solution within the UK and partner universities globally.\n\"We believe that the effective use of augmented reality and remote access, such as provided by Vuzix smart glasses, along...