Claude Monet The Red Boats Argenteuil painting

Claude Monet The Red Boats Argenteuil painting
Leonardo da Vinci the picture of the last supper painting
These virtual patients come in different shapes and sizes, much like the real ones. Some are almost lifelike mannequins with plastic ears and hair, veins that can be injected, eyes that can move and interchangeable genitals. They can't be hurt or killed, even though they have a pulse, a beating heart and lungs that breathe. The most sophisticated can be programmed to simulate every imaginable medical crisis and then respond as a doctor works on the "patient." Other, virtual reality-type simulators combine video or computer images with tactile feedback. Trainees insert needles or surgical tools into a plastic box whose innards give the sensation of cutting flesh or pushing through body parts such as the throat or colon. A video screen shows what a doctor would watch during the procedure, such as ultrasound images. The technology is barely 10 years old, and already simulators are widely