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Update: VR Award Winner

Winner of the inaugural VR4Health Sciences Education grant program, “Using a Cultural Humility
Framework to address Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) through Virtual Reality” project is designed to provide clinicians first-person perspective on the challenges patients may face in seeking health care.

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Introducing the XR Classroom

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The Eccles Health Sciences Library has built out a virtual simulation space for the health sciences in the Eccles Health Sciences Education Building (EHSEB).

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Community Volunteers

3D Printing PPE Update: Community volunteers and library staff chip in to help hospital

The libraries have been using a fleet of over 40 3D printers, with more than a dozen donated from Salt Lake County Libraries, to print Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the University of Utah hospital. The Center for Medical Innovation and the Library recently partnered to 3D print parts for a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) system they created.

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