Virtual reality Childbirth education brings the parents concrete and realistic childbirth education for the first time! Let parents experience giving birth!
Virtual reality can enhance some parts of your class or replace minor parts. It can also be used to get to know the birthing environment in case the family cannot visit the birthing hospital. However, virtual reality does not replace personal contact in class, online, or in person.
- 2024 Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2024. Midwives’ Account of Virtual Reality Childbirth Education. Marjaana Siivola and Lauri Malmi. Approved for publication.
- 2024 Journal of Perinatal Education 3/33. Flipping Childbirth Education. Marjaana Siivola and Lauri Malmi.
- 2024 Computers & Education: X Reality, Volume 4, 2024. Advantages of virtual reality childbirth education. Marjaana Siivola, Teemu Leinonen ja Lauri Malmi.
- 2023 Journal of Perinatal education 1/31: Virtual Reality Childbirth Education With 360° Videos. Marjaana Siivola, Eero Tiainen, Eeva Ekholm, Teemu Leinonen ja Lauri Malmi.
Here is a demo of the program. Note that these videos are low resolution.
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Virtual Reality Project Personnel
- Aalto University PhD researcher and childbirth educator LCCE, HBCE Marjaana Siivola (Synnytyksen ABC)
- Aalto University student and the owner of Avatar´s Journey Eero Tiainen
- Turku University Docent and Turku University Hospital Head of Department Eeva Ekholm
My PhD Professors
- Lauri Malmi, Aalto University, Computer Science
- Teemu Leinonen, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture