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Issued:27/06/13

Sheffield Hallam University is the UK’s first higher education institution to use augmented reality to assess empathy and compassion in healthcare. 

Student nurses Deborah Easby and Jonathan Beatson, along with senior lecturers Mandy Brailsford and Debbie Clark, spoke to ITV's Calendar News about how we are the first university in the world to use augmented reality in our nurse training.

You can also read the original press release here.

Student nurses using augmented reality technology
Student nurses using augmented reality technology

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