HumanSim Information

HumanSim’s mission is to become healthcare’s most trusted partner by leveraging advanced learning technologies and military simulation expertise to improve safety and efficiency in healthcare. HumanSim provides enhanced initial, refresher, and sustainable medical education and training. Virtual Heroes, a division of Applied Research Associates, Inc., is creating HumanSim by taking the most advanced digital game technology available and integrating it with a high-fidelity physiologic-pharmacologic model and dynamic virtual human technology (DVHT) for unprecedented experiential learning. HumanSim emphasizes “learning-by-doing” and provides training-to-proficiency in rare, complicated, or otherwise error-prone tasks and processes. HumanSim enables health care professionals to sharpen their assessment and decision-making skills without risk to patients in realistic, challenging, immersive environments. Specialties Immersive 3D Medical Education & Training, Physiologic-Pharmacologic Simulation Engine, Serious Game-based Learning, Advanced Learning Technology (ALT) Applications, Virtual Learning Environments