UK medical students training on hologram patients in world-first

Medical students at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge are training with holographic patients (Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/GigXR/PA)

Medical students in Cambridge are the first in the world to learn with holographic patients, the university has said.

The students at Addenbrooke’s Hospital are using a new mix-reality training system called HoloScenarios, which enables teaching and learning with life-like holograms, which are accessible from anywhere in the world.