Virtual Reality Education and Training Solutions for Medicine Sector

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2025-10-08

Description

Description (EN):

VReduMED will improve the cooperation between HEALTHCARE EDUCATION and MEDTECH SUPPLIERS, particularly SMEs/start-ups, using VIRTUAL REALITY AS KEY ENABLER to enrich the education of care students and the upskilling of care practitioners, foster the uptake of MedTech assistance systems by the care sector, and trigger the co-creative development of demand-oriented MedTech solutions to make care work more attractive and ensure high-quality care services in the future. The project capitalises the VReduNET project (ATCZ256) which deals with the use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) in education. The VReduMED partnership consists of 10 partner organisations from 5 Central European countries: CZ, SK. AT, HU, DE. The project region was defined to reflect the care situation as well as the joint challenges in the education of care professionals in the neighbouring Central European project regions, representing institutions for higher medical care education as well as clusters with MedTech and IT company networks, an economics institute and a specialised educational research organisation. A Roadmap for VR in MedTech products/service and a Handbook for VR integration in care education will be main strategic outputs. The consortium will establish a transnational care education forum to channel the cooperation of care experts with MedTech companies and VR experts. Three VR labs will be set up for demo sessions and usability tests. Six different pilot action will test various VR use cases and bring the target groups together in co-creative innovation workshops and transnational hackathon interactions. Together with care students and teachers more than 90+ organisations will participate in the pilot actions. All partners will cooperate to identify innovative project concepts for developing VR-based solutions for the care sector. 25 organisations will be continuously supported by the partners to develop VR based solutions for the care sector beyond project completion.

Actual Achievements (EN):

The project is overall proceeding fully in time with the planned schedule. The main achievements of the project, over the past 2 semesters, are in line with planned activities. The major success is a data gathering on stakeholders (schools, universities, caretaking organizations, policymakers, education-support organizations) using VR technology in project regions resulting in a multi-layer digital mapping tool for the whole project area, from the initial desk research (D.1.1.1 - Mapping), over more detailed information on successful implementations (D.1.1.2 - Good practises), to personal inquiries within the framework of the regional roundtables (D.1.3.2). These activities will be concluded in open innovation sessions (D.1.4.1, due in Semester 3). All these sources have provided extensive inputs for further project development, mainly the VR application prototypes. At the same time, the communication activities are up and running, promoting project outputs, good practises or interesting use of VR technology providing a backbone for awareness raising and creation of the educational forum community in upcoming project work. The project is proceeding as planned in the application form. Based on the main achievements from previous activity reporting period (1st and 2nd project semesters), that constituted mainly, in WP1, of mapping of the VR use in the regions and subsequent selection of good practise examples (A.1.1), survey among key actors in care-taking and med-tech sectors, that formed a base for participants to regional round tables (A.1.3) and, in WP2, of setting up the of the Care Education Forum (A.2.1), the partnership was able to procceed with activities that follows in the current report. The main achievements in over last 2 semesters, are in line with planned activities. Main success is the almost finished development of two VR applications (with beta versions readied for the end of May 2025). The applications will be part of the piloting activities, planned for Periods 5 and 6. Also, the number of participants for piloting is increasing. The participants are involved through so-called Care Education Forum (CEF), an online networking platform for experts in care eduaction or medtech systems. At the moment, there are over 60 people from 50 organizations registered in the Forum. Together with preparations of pilot actions, several supporting documents have been created - technical specifications of VR labs in partner regions (3 VR labs - CZ, HU, DE), lab internet connection specification and tool to interconnect the labs. Last but not least, the effort to communicate the project outcomes continues, this time focused on piloting activities and preparations of events for target groups (roll-out events, final conference). At the same time, the preparations of strategic project outputs was underway, specifically the Roadmap, which was finished in Period 5. Another output, the Handbook, despite being planned for Period 6, is already under development, with basic structure set and agreed on by the partnership. Specific objectives for each WP are gradually reached within the project progress. In WP1, the Roadmap has been completed and published at project website, with only the official uptake documentation remaining to be supplied. EEN event, to which the project is supposed to participate, is under consideration of the partnership, and is planned for Autumn 2025. We plan to present the project there, as well as its most attractive activities of the project, mainly VR prototypes, pilot actions and analyses that emerged from the project (mapping, survey, GP examples). In WP2, the main specific objective is the Care Education Forum (CEF), which has been successfully set up and it's running as expected, collecting registrations of caretakers, educators, medtech companies and other experts in the field. The member base of the CEF constitutes the main 'task force' to run the pilot actions. Pilot actions (A.3.3) are made possible by pursuing the specific objective in WP3, which is the setup of regional VR labs, their mutual connection and ability to operate in cooperative mode.

Project outputs: Roadmap for the integration of VR in MedTech products/services incl. cluster policy recommendations(EN)
VReduMED handbook for VR integration in care education, presenting the project toolkit, an educational concept and recommendations for its sustainable transfer(EN)
VReduMED lab demonstrations and pilot actions(EN)
Organisations involved in transnational pilot actions and follow-up activities(EN)
Project concepts for developing innovative VR-based solutions for care education, followed up by transnat. cross-sectoral teams during and beyond project lifetime
(EN)

Thematic information

Health and social services Education and training

Priority: (VI-B_CE_1) Cooperating for a smarter central Europe

Priority specific objective: RSO1.4. Developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO1 A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity

Type of intervention: 019 e-Health services and applications (including e-Care, Internet of Things for physical activity and ambient assisted living)

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Jihočeský vědeckotechnický park a.s.

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ28080581 | 28080581 | ID (Czech identification number) (EN)

Department: ---

Address: U Zimního stadionu, 37001 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Department address: Lipová, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.jvtp.cz

Total budget: EUR 266 600.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 213 280.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 53 320.00

Contractors:

Name: ConPlusUltra GmbH
VAT registration or tax identification number: ATU 54038802

Széchenyi István Egyetem

Name: Széchenyi István Egyetem

Department: VR Learning Center

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999879590

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU17782294 | - | - (EN)

Address: Egyetem tér, 9026 Győr, Hungary

Department address: Egyetem tér, 9026 Győr, Hungary

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.sze.hu

Total budget: EUR 185 200.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 148 160.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 37 040.00

Innoskart Vállalkozásfejlesztési Nonprofit Kft.

Name: Innoskart Vállalkozásfejlesztési Nonprofit Kft.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950509306

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU14507098 | - | - (EN)

Address: Móricz Zsigmond, 8000 Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.innoskart.digital/en

Total budget: EUR 213 060.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 170 448.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 42 612.00

Contractors:

Name: SkillDict Zrt.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 26544751-2-41
Name: Pearl Event&Wedding Kft
VAT registration or tax identification number: 24991700-2-42
Name: VINOX Stúdió Kft
VAT registration or tax identification number: 32167131-2-42
Name: Onion Creative Kft.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 27180569-2-42
Name: Bilder Consulting Kft
VAT registration or tax identification number: 13617022-2-09
Name: Gelencsér Nándor Ferenc
VAT registration or tax identification number: 68377386-2-43
Name: Syslong Kft.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 13695455-2-43

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

Name: Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

Department: Nursing Laboratory of the Regensburg Center of Health Sciences and Technology (RCHST)

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 997999730

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE250211285 | --- | --- (EN)

Address: Prüfeninger Str. , 93049 Regensburg, Germany

Department address: Am Biopark, 93053 Regensburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.oth-regensburg.de

Total budget: EUR 242 630.80

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 194 104.64

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 48 526.16

Strategische Partnerschaft Sensorik e.V.

Name: Strategische Partnerschaft Sensorik e.V.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 941947407

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE250746071

Address: Franz-Mayer-Straße, 93053 Regensburg, Germany

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.sensorik-bayern.de

Total budget: EUR 242 600.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 194 080.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 48 520.00

Národný ústav detských chorôb

Name: Národný ústav detských chorôb

Department: Klinika pediatrickej urológie LFUK a NÚDCH

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 917136068

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SK2020848368 | --- | --- (EN)

Address: Limbova, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovakia

Department address: Limbova, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Hospitals and medical centres

Website: http://www.nudch.eu

Total budget: EUR 169 100.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 135 280.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 33 820.00

Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave

Name: Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave

Department: Faculty of Business Management

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 934565804

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SK2020879245

Address: Dolnozemská cesta, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia

Department address: Dolnozemská cesta, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.euba.sk

Total budget: EUR 220 900.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 176 720.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 44 180.00

Education Group GmbH

Name: Education Group GmbH

Department: Zentrum für Bildungsforschung OÖ

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 936139920

Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU51132509 | --- | --- (EN)

Address: Anastasius-Grün-Straße, 4020 Linz, Austria

Department address: Anastasius-Grün-Straße, 4020 Linz, Austria

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.edugroup.at

Total budget: EUR 205 276.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 164 220.80

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 41 055.20

Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích

Name: Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích

Department: Faculty of Education + Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999876292

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ60076658 | 60076658 | ID (Czech Identification Number) (EN)

Address: Branišovská, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Department address: Jeronýmova, 37115 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.jcu.cz

Total budget: EUR 185 900.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 148 720.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 37 180.00

Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

Name: Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

Department: Cluster and Collaboration

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 998776991

Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU37311609

Address: Hafenstraße, 4020 Linz, Austria

Department address: Hafenstraße, 4020 Linz, Austria

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.biz-up.at

Total budget: EUR 267 100.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 213 680.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 53 420.00

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Széchenyi István Egyetem

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Innoskart Business Development Nonprofit Ltd.

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East Bavarian University of Applied Sciences Regensburg

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Strategic Partnership for Sensor Technologies

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National Institute of Children's Diseases

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University of Economics in Bratislava

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Education Group

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University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

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South Bohemian Science and Technology Park

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Business Upper Austria – Upper Austrian government’s location agency

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Summary

Project name (EN): Virtual Reality Education and Training Solutions for Medicine Sector

Project acronym: VReduMED

Project ID: CE0100136

Project start date: 2023-04-01

Project end date: 2026-03-31

Project status: closed

Relevant linked projects:

SIP-SME (Interreg AT-CZ) (EN) | JVTP as a project partner developed the tool which helps with introduction of innovations into SMEs and their implementation into daily business processes. This tool could serve as a base for introducing VR/AR technology into organizational practice. (EN), ENTER-transfer (Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE) (EN) | Advancement of the economic and social innovation through the creation of the environment enabling business succession at national and transnational level and draw attention of public and private entities to this issue. Built on the partnership developed within the project further cooperation on technology transfer into business sector and public sector is continuously maintained (EUBA, Biz-Up, JVTP). Experience with leading Interreg CE project (EUBA) and leading particular project work packages (Biz-Up) as well as fulfilling project activities, events and communication tasks (EUBA, Biz-Up, JVTP) will be capitalized in VReduMED project. (EN), VReduNet (Interreg AT-CZ) (EN) | Ongoing project led by JVTP in partnership with JU, Biz-Up and Edugroup was the basis for new project idea: VReduMED. In cooperation with MedTech Cluster from Biz-Up and Faculty of Health and Social Sciences from JU (beyond the original project consortium) is bringing a new aim - to transfer the knowledge to other sectors (medicine) and other EU region / countries by strengthening original project partnership with new partners with new professional competencies. (EN), AI Social Lab (Interreg AT-CZ) (EN) | Ongoing project with JVTP participating on development methodology, programmes and physical environment for introducing other advanced technology: Artificial Intelligence. Gradual introduction of specific new technologies and trends supporting by community of experts, jointly developed methodology, set of programmes and physical laboratories for technology testing makes comprehensive environment which support innovations, technology transfer, readiness for digitization and support the competitiveness of EU region / countries. (EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 198 366.80

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 758 693.44

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 758 693.44. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Map in existing MedTech systems and solutions for care sector, VR infrastructure and applications
Collection of good practice cases
Start-up activities of project communication
Basic promotional tools, awareness raising campaign to spread VR inspiration to target groups
Initial survey of key actors from edu, medtech and SMEs , comparative analysis, framework conditions
Regional round tables involving key stakeholders
VR knowledge transfer/open innovation sessions involving the MedTech clusters and IT developers
Roadmap for the integration of VR in MedTech products/services incl. cluster policy recommendations
EEN matchmaking event at transnat./EU level, list of further projects, sustainability plan
Set-up and management of the newly established transnational "care education forum"
Evaluation of the VReduMED pilot actions by the care edu. forum
VReduMED handbook for VR integration in care education
Specification of the VR/AR-based training applications
Coded VR applications for the VReduMED edu. toolkit, incl. integration of existing VR/AR apps
Set of open innovation workshop formats for cross-sectoral + transnational interaction, case studies
Regional stakeholder involvement activities
VReduMED online magazine
Hybrid Mid-term event to present the VReduMED educational approach to the project target groups
Specification of standard configuration for VReduMED labs, incl. technical set-up for labs mobility
Set-up of a VR usability testing and training lab for student groups
Development and technical set-up of a virtual network of partner labs.
Trainer instruction for the use of the VReduMED toolkit and implementation of lab sessions
Regional Train-the-Trainer workshops and transnational webinar for VReduMED trainers
Testing of developed VR/AR infrastructure solutions:labs, mobility, 2D/3D connectivity, applications
Testing of innovation format of workshops with students and stakeholders from care sector/MedTech/IT
Testing of innovative educational format for students and for further education of medical staff
Thematic leaflet for presenting the VReduMED lab programme and invitation of users
Dissemination campaign incl. promotional videos and regional roll-out events for SME target groups
Final project conference

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EUStrategyDanubeRegion The addressed topic of the provision of qualitative care services and of innovation to make the care profession more attractive and practical work more effective is also a big challenge in the Danube macro-region which is interlinked with Central Europe through a strong migration of care professionals. VR tools for care education can help increase the qualification level and the training options in the Danube countries.
EuropeanGreenDeal VR applications in the care sector offer a possibility for resource-efficient ubiquitous training and can help creating socially sustainable, technologically enhanced jobs across Europe.
TerritorialAgenda2030 The challenges addressed by VReduMed and the solution of integrating VR in care education can help offer high quality education for care-givers in rural areas, thereby reducing the qualification and innovation gaps between metropolitan and rural regions and creating opportunities for skilled work in care and innovative jobs in VR development.
Other VReduMED mainly contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals SDG3 good health and wellbeing, SDG4 quality education, SDG8 decent work and economic growth.
Other The results of VReduMED will contribute to the ongoing strategy process in relation to a forthcoming EU care strategy

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO83) Strategies and action plans jointly developed: 1.0
(RCO87) Organisations cooperating across borders: 22.0

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSDR

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

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2026-02-09

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125 / 125 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 137 / 1 137 (100%)

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