Welcome to our 2025 pages to hear our latest news and activities!

We look forward to hosting our workshops and public engagement sessions in addition to widening our collaborations, so do get in touch if you are interested in collaborating…

Medical Education Lab

January 2025

2025 got off to a great start with a 1st prize award from the Association of Anaesthesia 2025 Innovation in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Award for preliminary investigations into hologram-assisted thoracic epidural insertion using an augmented reality headset. Professor Graeme McLeod attended the Associations Winter Scientific Meeting to accept the award and present our work.

2025 Publications

McLeod, G., McKendrick, M., Portelli, R., Husz, Z., James, G. & McKendrick, G. (2025) Hologram-assisted thoracic epidural insertion in the Thiel soft embalmed cadaver: proof of concept simulation study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published online 22/01/2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2024.11.039

March

Youth Voice Panel Workshop – Friday 14th March

We had the pleasure of working with the fabulous Heriot-Watt Engage Team in collaboration with the GRI in Health and Care and young people from the Youth Voice Panel who interacted with our cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-inspired digital and card games in an inspiring workshop based around AI and robotics. We featured our SMILE project, Digital Resilience: SMILE funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No°101080923 and young people got a chance to interact with our digital game during its development and add their valuable impressions.