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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Chris Osuh

Health innovation centre looks to future of NHS while celebrating its past

Students watch a tutorial being carried out on a dummy
The Daphne Steele building at Huddersfield University contains hi-tech dummies used to teach students. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

In a full-scale model of a house, a £50,000 mannequin that can breathe, blink and cough waits for the replica of an ambulance.

Eerily lifelike technology, some created by model makers who have made “bodies” for the BBC’s Silent Witness, is being used to tackle the scarcity of placement hours for healthcare students by combining real-world training with simulated settings, including virtual reality.

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