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During the presentation I would like to make the link between the VERTUAL system (virtual learning system radiotherapy) as training support for students or future colleagues RTTs and the use of the system as an education tool to patients.

In my department, the system is used for both purposes. In general, little literature is currently available regarding the virtual world of radiotherapy. There are a few projects underway, and my department will also conduct further research on this in the near future. You can use different methodologies to link VR in a process of education. I would like to involve the VERTUAL system in this.

We have thought about the process and how/when we can best fit the educational moment into the treatment process. We have provided sessions for the group of pelvic gynaecology patients, but also for all patients who are irradiated in the pelvis/abdomen. This session focuses on the 'virtual', that which the patient experiences as unknown. The irradiation room, the irradiation device. The importance of positioning, use of mobilization devices are also explained. We also zoom in on the treatment, the imaging part and we link to IGRT protocols.

We experienced that patients are even better informed about their treatment in this way and that they feel calmer and reassured.