Research

We are currently developing research manuscripts in collaboration with Carlos Garcia-Esperon, Neil Spratt and Chris Levi (John Hunter Hospital) and Tim Kleinig and Josh Mahadevan (Royal Adelaide Hospital) evaluating different implementation strategies for TACTICS VR and documenting effects on clinical practice and stroke treatment.

A list of our publications are available below and will be updated on an ongoing basis.

TACTICS VR Publications

Jan 2023

TACTICS VR Stroke Telehealth Virtual Reality Training for Health Care Professionals Involved in Stroke Management at Telestroke Spoke Hospitals: Module Design and Implementation Study

Maltby S, Garcia-Esperon C, Jackson K, Butcher K, Evans JW, O’Brien W, Dixon C, Russell S, Wilson N, Kluge MG, Ryan A, Paul CL, Spratt NJ, Levi CR, Walker FR. JMIR Serious Games. Vol. 11:e43416. doi: 10.2196/43416.PMID: 38060297.

Jan 2022

TACTICS – Trial of Advanced CT Imaging and Combined Education Support for Drip and Ship: evaluating the effectiveness of an ‘implementation intervention’ in providing better patient access to reperfusion therapies: protocol for a non-randomised controlled stepped wedge cluster trial in acute stroke

Ryan A, Paul CL, Cox M, Whalen O, Bivard A, Attia J, Bladin C, Davis SM, Campbell BCV, Parsons M, Grimley RS, Anderson C, Donnan GA, Oldmeadow C, Kuhle S, Walker FR, Hood RJ, Maltby S, Keynes A, Delcourt C, Hatchwell L, Malavera A, Yang Q, Wong A, Muller C, Sabet A, Garcia-Esperon C, Brown H, Spratt N, Kleinig T, Butcher K, Levi CR. BMJ Open. Vol. 12(2):e055461. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055461. PMID: 35149571.

Jan 2021

Development and Pilot Implementation of TACTICS VR: A Virtual Reality-Based Stroke Management Workflow Training Application and Training Framework

2021. Hood RJ, Maltby S, Keynes A, Kluge MG, Nalivaiko E, Ryan A, Cox M, Parsons MW, Paul CL, Garcia-Esperon C, Spratt NJ, Levi CR, Walker FR. Front Neurol. Vol. 12:665808. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.665808. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34858305.

Conference Proceedings

TACTICS VR: Multi-audience Virtual Reality Workflow Training for Hyper-Acute Stroke Care. 2023. S Maltby, R Walker. Conference: Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia. International Journal of Stroke. Vol. 18 (2 Supp): 16-17.
Ongoing implementation of TACTICS VR: virtual reality-based acute stroke care workflow training. 2022. S Maltby, R Hood, A Keynes, M Kluge, E Nalivaiko, A Ryan, M Cox, M Parsons, K Butcher, C Paul, C Garcia-Esperon, N Spratt, C Levi, F Walker. Conference: Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia. International Journal of Stroke. Vol. 17 (2 Supp): 28.
Development and implementation of TACTICS VR: Virtual reality-based acute stroke care workflow training. 2021. RJ Hood, S Maltby, A Keynes, MG Kluge, E Nalivaiko, AE Ryan, M Cox, MW Parsons, K Butcher, CL Paul, C Garcia-Esperon, NJ Spratt, CR Levi, RF Walker. Conference: Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia. International Journal of Stroke. Vol. 16 (1 Supp): 27
Enhanced Pre-Hospital Acute Stroke Triage. 2021. T Lillicrap, C Garcia-Esperon, A Loudfoot, J Emery, R Walker, S Maltby, BL Chew, C Ostman, MW Parsons, CR Levi. Conference: Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia. International Journal of Stroke. Vol. 16 (1 Supp): 19

Link to ATS website / other projects

To learn more about other ATS projects using virtual reality in workplace training, please access the ATS website (www.advancedtrainingsystems.org.au)

Research

Research

A list of our publications are available below and will be updated on an ongoing basis.

TACTICS VR Publications

TACTICS VR Stroke Telehealth Virtual Reality Training for Health Care Professionals Involved in Stroke Management at Telestroke Spoke Hospitals: Module Design and Implementation Study

Development and Pilot Implementation of TACTICS VR: A Virtual Reality-Based Stroke Management Workflow Training Application and Training Framework

Conference Proceedings

Link to ATS website / other projects

Stroke Modules

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