/ en /news/2023-08/richmond-times-dispatch-dean-melissa-perry-writes-op-ed-about-game-changing-nature <span>Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dean Melissa Perry writes op-ed about the game changing nature of training students with virtual reality</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/1221" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Mary Cunningham</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/29/2023 - 11:47</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/mperry27" hreflang="en">Melissa J. Perry, Sc.D., MHS</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Dean <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAGWyawBjhJjKow5iXxjvXl1tNfmwcz9y_8">Melissa Perry</a> advocates for using virtual reality to train the next generation of our health workforce in today's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/richmond-times-dispatch/">Richmond Times-Dispatch</a>. In a strained health care system, virtual reality is a game changer. Find out how Dean Perry and the college are leading the way and innovating health education by providing all our students with the opportunity to learn through VR. Read the op-ed: <a href="https://richmond.com/opinion/columnists/commentary-in-a-strained-health-care-system-virtual-reality-is-a-game-changer/article_240f5ca0-42b1-11ee-9a8b-97e7ac20d837.html" title="Link to Commentary: In a strained health care system, virtual reality is a game changer article">Commentary: In a strained health care system, virtual reality is a game changer.</a> <a href="https://mymasonportal.gmu.edu/bbcswebdav/xid-297731885_1">Please click here for a PDF version of the article.</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/9751" hreflang="en">virtual reality</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18526" hreflang="en">public health workforce</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17226" hreflang="en">College of Public Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16171" hreflang="en">Public Health Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18471" hreflang="en">digital innovation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10741" hreflang="en">In the Media</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4066" hreflang="en">Tech Talent Investment Program (TTIP)</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18541" hreflang="en">TTIP</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:47:54 +0000 Mary Cunningham 108441 at