Here are some resources to help you in your preliminary steps to bring VR into your clinical practice. 

• Finding the Right VR for Your Hospital
• VR Hardware Guide

Download our ISpy Game to play with your patients or children, as a source of distraction. Try to find the VR headset!

Download a printable version of ISpy Game here (8.5X14 inch)

Here are some videos created by our team about the use of VR for pain and anxiety management. 

• What Can We Do When Feeling Pain
• Lorsque tu ressens de la douleur

VR for Care Talks is a podcast series that explores the barriers, facilitators and contexts of use of Virtual Reality, or VR, in children’s health care.

• Episode 1:

 Evidence for Virtual reality use in Healthcare - Dr. Stéphane Bouchard

Description: Join us for a chat with Dr. Stéphane Bouchard - the scientist holding the Canada Research Chair in Clinical Cyber Psychology. We explore the evidence behind VR and why it is being used in healthcare.

• Episode 2:

 Executive Decision-Making in Implementing Virtual Reality in a Children’s Hospital - Ms. Kelly Thorstad and Dr. Reggie Hamdy 

Description: In this episode, Ms. Kelly Thorstad (MSc(A)N, PHCNP) and Dr. Reggie Hamdy (MD, FRCSC) share the steps to safely implement VR into a children’s health institution. They discuss some points like the training of clinicians, collaboration, and even surprising costs, including those to be saved.