Radiotherapy students to benefit from new award winning training technology

Radiotherapy students in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences are set to benefit from a new virtual environment to help them learn and practice essential clinical skills.

The Faculty has recently completed the installation of Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training, or VERT, an award-winning suite of software designed to simulate the delivery of radiotherapy treatment to cancer patients.

VERT creates a virtual clinical environment in which a simulated treatment room, treatment machine and patient are projected onto a large screen in 3D. The software is designed to give students a life-like experience of the radiotherapy environment and allows them to hone their practical skills in a completely safe situation.

source: Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences