About these Virtual Reality 360 films

Health Education England’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Programme was pleased to support HEE’s Allied Health Professions (AHP) Programme in delivering these short virtual reality (VR) films.

Produced through 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 the podiatry, prosthetic and orthotic, therapeutic radiography and orthoptic professions.

Each of these professions has 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 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 project also supports HEE’s TEL Programme’s work on simulation-based education (SBE) and the SBE framework.

These 360-videos have been commissioned by HEE’s TEL Programme, in conjunction with HEE’s AHP Programme.

Meet the team

Credits

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

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

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

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 Hospital