Patient Education Caesarian section VR

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LINK TO PADLET WITH DETAILED DOCUMENTATION OF PROCESS:

https://artslondon.padlet.org/mpushkar0120191/tvawyorh5q7g2wcz

https://pin.it/39enWsb

The Start

Finding the idea:

The start is always a tricky process when you are looking for a theme or an idea in my opinion since you have all the freedom, yet you still feel stiff. What usually helps me is looking at Pinterest or writing down a brainstorm of ideas without scoping or limiting myself.
I already was clear on the topic has to do with healthcare. So below I will shortly describe step by step what was my process in getting to the current finalized concept idea I have developed.

  • First Step. I have made a Padlet the link of which is provided at the top of the post. To keep all my thoughts and progress/timetable/links/videos/photos etc. etc.
  • Second Step. After setting up a space to record the process I immediately made a Pinterest Board the link to which is also at the top of the post. After browsing Pinterest I have established that stitching and wound stitching, in general, could be interesting to imitate in VR to teach either people or professionals how to properly do different types of stitching. Then I decided to try out a new method of idea generating by using MidJourney AI art tool in Discord to generate some images of different stitching ideas I had (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3)
  • Third Step. After this, I went back to the drawing board to look over the plausibility and the need for such an experience. After doing more research on it I found out that most of the wounds are being closed using the stapling method, which was not ideal since I did not want to make something irrelevant, but what I found out while doing research in fact that the used cases of stitching by hand is mostly performed in open surgery operations for example like caesarian sections…
  • Fourth Step. This peaked my interest and led me to researching caesarian sections all together and finding out that the stitching skillset for the procedure is more cosmetical rather than surgical in general since the scaring and healing after a c-section can be complicated and often leads to bad scars and unhappy patients. This was interesting. So now I had a main gimic and a topic of discussion.
Figure 1 Surgical Stitching in Virtual Reality on a Teddy Bear
Figure 2 VR Medical Simulation of Medical Stitching
Figure 3 An Educational VR Simulation on how to Make a Cosmetically Sound Cesarian Section Closure With a Bard Stitcher on Stuffed Toys , the Colour Pallette is Peach Red, Stone Black and Beige

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