OU medical students now have access to the most state of the art training devices; iStan. The iStan is a medical robot that is very lifelike and presents students with various medical scenarios.
Students at OU health sciences center can use one of the 12 iStans to help them learn virtually any external medical procedure. The more students train with the iStan, the more they will be prepared for the real world.
iStan is a custom made medical "dummy," and at about $300,000 a piece, they are made very realistic. iStans breathe, blink, move, and do many more things real patients would do.
Cole Wootton, an OU medical student, explained the appreciation for the training. "Sure we know the situation is simulated, we know the patients we are interviewing, they’re only mimicking real life diseases and scenarios, but once you get into the moment you kind of lose all that."
With the new high tech equipment, the OUHSC unveiled the new 22,000 square foot training center for the students. The OUHSC hopes to bring more medical students to OU with the new facilities and the iStan. More information about the iStan can be found at "http://www.meti.com/products_ps_istan.htm." Below is a short video about iStan.
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