Equitable access to high quality training at scale
VCE™ global solutions
An effective use of technology within a blended learning framework, alongside in-person learning and clinical practice, is the only way to cost-effectively train millions more healthcare workers to a high standard.
Let’s close the healthcare training gap
The current model of health education cannot expand fast enough to meet demand — and a global shortage of skilled healthcare professionals disproportionately affects lower income countries. The high cost of training results in reduced access to healthcare where it’s needed most.
15 years
to train a doctor in the UK
6.5x
more healthcare workers per person in high income countries
$1 million
to train a doctor in the US
52%
of the global healthcare shortage will be in Africa by 2030
Blended placements
Seamlessly combine digital and real-life learning with our platform to scale-up provision
Provide a front row seat for all students as they interact with each other, the clinician and the patient. VCE™ facilitates virtual training and supports community building with peers and mentors, regardless of location.
Students gain real clinical experience early, including in previously hard-to-access settings, and build confidence in a safe environment before interacting with real patients. What’s more, the quality and effectiveness of placements can be monitored, measured and guaranteed.
“This makes the organisation of placements a lot more straightforward”
University administrator
10x placement capacity increase
Powerful admin portal for effortless placement scheduling and assessment
Exposure to a wider range of clinical environments for students and a pedagogically improved learning experience
Safe for patients, students and clinicians
Device-agnostic, flexible, scalable and cost-efficient
Clinicians teach in the flow of work
Augmenting UK clinical placement access with the University of Leeds and NHSe
Training for multidisciplinary teams
Bring nurses and medical students together in a multidisciplinary VCE™ huddle
Multidisciplinary teamwork results in better outcomes for patients through improved patient-centred problem solving, more diversity of expertise in care delivery, better communication and continuity of care. Doctors, nurses, midwives and primary healthcare workers should enter the workforce well prepared to get the most from their MDT practice.
Today, students get little exposure to multidisciplinary practice during their education and training. Using VCE™ and blended placement the healthcare workforce of tomorrow can be trained together, to work together, fostering a culture of teamwork from the start.
“You are supporting us to teach in the flow of work”
Clinician
VCE™ brings students into any environment where a healthcare worker goes, and delivers a high quality experience
MDT work during training provides exposure to career development opportunities
Longitudinal placements can provide students access to continuity of care cases, including MDT work
Including typical MDT environments where placements are challenging - palliative care or the birthing suite, for example
The patient really has a voice in a VCE™ session, meaning all students learn how to look, and hear the patient differently
VCE™ helps students to develop their peer-communication skills and they are exposed to the value different perspectives bring
Pilot rollout of a University of Nottingham programme for students in Myanmar
Global classrooms
Improve access to healthcare training and delivery, so more people can live longer, healthier lives
Virtual clinical experiences can be delivered in previously hard-to-access environments, from sterile, high-tech environments such as theatres to remote rural communities.
Our pioneering platform is designed specifically for the purpose of co-creation, collaboration and medical education, bringing together high quality and scalability. Together with our partners, its success will have an impact on millions of people who will be able to access better healthcare and live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives.
“Potential for supporting international education is exciting”
Clinician
Outstanding learning experiences anywhere in the world
Cutting-edge pedagogy and world class clinicians, accessible for all
Platform can adapt to local conditions and challenges
More opportunities to learn and practice new skills
Interaction with faculty and peers in a global classroom
Remote moderation, tutoring, assessments and examinations
University of Exeter x Uzhhorod National University Faculty of Medicine, Ukraine
Together, we can solve this global challenge
Better learning experiences and optimal outcomes for students and trainees
World class training
Scale the impact of expert clinicians through unlimited front row seats to their practice
Blended learning
Combine traditional learning and observation with dynamic, remote clinical learning
Multidisciplinary teams
Prepare trainees for interdisciplinary practice by incorporating it from the get-go
Student electives
Students can pick from a wider variety of specialist clinical sessions to gain exposure
Remote access to more diverse environments during undergraduate and postgraduate education and training
Global accessibility
A virtual exchange of ‘world ‘modules’ — share clinics, theatre, and teaching across schools
Longitudinal cases
Observational training as the patient moves through treatment
Sterile environments
Our platform provides student access to theatres and other hard-to-access environments
Complex cases
Bring expert peers, students and trainees together to deliver the best possible outcome
Programme administration efficiencies and 10x scale for placement delivery
Remote assessments
Flexibility and scalability for training programmes, including examinations and assessments
Train the trainer
Supports a training curriculum for preceptors, such as apprenticeships
Remote proctoring
Student and trainee assessment monitoring made simple and scalable
Placement administration
A powerful admin dashboard makes scheduling and managing placements simple
Flexible, high quality patient care, even in challenging settings
Rural medicine
Community outreach and support for healthcare workers in underserved areas
GPs and out-of-hours care
Supervise the highest quality of patient care, where and when it’s needed most
In-hospital communication
Expert-to-expert and junior-to-expert comms and case reviews
Community medicine
Pre-hospital ‘in reach’ to community and decision support for community triage
Find out more about our platform, growth partnership and the evidence base for our approach
Recent research papers and articles highlighting the pedagogical foundations of our approach
The technology that drives our healthcare programmes
Work with us to scale
Our team and mission and why it makes a difference