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The International Association for the Study of Pain

Virtual Reality for Pain and Anxiety Management: From Conception to Integration in a Pediatric Medical Context

Workshop

Workshop

11:15 am

04 October 2023

Room 504

Intended Audiences

Cross-disciplinary

Session Description

The main purpose of this workshop is to present the creative process related to the innovative development of therapeutics virtual reality solutions used to manage pain and anxiety in pediatric medical procedures. This workshop will cover the following topics: creative process from conceptual phase through development, integration, design thinking and implementation in an hospital context. As part of the covid19 vaccination campaign for 5–17-year-old conducted in Quebec in the winter of 2021, one of the virtual reality solutions developed by our team of researchers was deployed on a massive scale in vaccination centers in the Montreal region and more than 50,000 children were able to benefit from this solution. This workshop will also address the challenges and issues related to the large-scale use of a solution that was initially developed and validated in a university research context. Participants to this workshop will be offered the opportunity to try on our virtual reality solutions product with an HMD provided by the speakers. This interactive workshop will allow participant to provide their feedback on their personal and professional experiences with virtual reality. 

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