UNB receives $500K to create XR training for nursing students

The University of New Brunswick has announced that it will be creating a new teaching model for nursing students that uses extended reality (XR), thanks to a $500K commitment over three years from the Government of New Brunswick. UNB will set up 14 training stations at its Fredericton and Moncton campuses, where students will be able to develop their skills, make mistakes, and try approaching a situation in a different manner before entering the real-world clinical environment. This training model will also help to relieve pressure on clinical placement sites. UNB Nursing Assistant Professor Don Leidl explained that the university has the capacity to create new learning models on their own, resulting in “nurses building tools for nurses to education nurses.”