Maintain Life-Saving Skills in
Essential Newborn Care
Virtual Essential Newborn Care (vENC) is a mobile phone-based virtual reality simulation that is specially designed to support health care professionals in practicing their skills in neonatal resuscitation and early newborn care.
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Our Partners
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to education on essential newborn care
participated in field testing. Participants said they used vENC at work, at home,
online, offline, with and without the VR gear, and in many other situations.
Scenarios were completed
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Some problems we
are solving
We are addressing the need for accessible continuing education in neonatal resuscitation and essential newborn care, supportive supervision, and quality improvement for healthcare systems
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Standardized feedback and supportive supervision.
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Utilize vENC data to explore gaps for quality improvement and research
How it works
vENC lets you use your eyes or hands to connect with a virtual reality (VR) experience. The vENC application can be downloaded to an android or iOS smartphone or tablet and used with or without a simple VR headset.
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Download vENC
Download the vENC app to your phone or tablet device. Depending on how your facility is using vENC, you may receive a code to track your progress.
Start with the Tutorial
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Practice with vENC
Continue practicing until you are able to care for the virtual newborn without any mistakes or needing help (hints). A score of 100% unlocks a reward.
What vENC users say
Nurses and midwives who participated in vENC field testing described their experience with using vENC during focus group discussions.
Locations
1959 NE Pacific St,
Seattle, WA 98195
virtualnewbornsim@gmail.com