AI and VR Resilienztraining für den Gesundheitsbereich

HEART – Healthcare Employee AI and VR-Assisted Resilience Training – unterstützt Pflegekräfte in der Alten- und Langzeitpflege dabei, Stress und Burnout frühzeitig zu erkennen und gezielt zu bewältigen. Herzstück des Projekts ist ein digitales Trainingsprogramm, das Virtual Reality (VR) und Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) kombiniert, um Achtsamkeit, Resilienz und Selbstfürsorge nachhaltig zu stärken.

Das immersive Lernangebot richtet sich speziell an Pflegepersonal, Berufslernende im Gesundheitsbereich sowie Bildungseinrichtungen, die innovative, praxisnahe Wege der Gesundheitsförderung erschließen möchten.

Was wir entwickeln:

  • VR-gestütztes Training:
    Eine interaktive Lernplattform mit geführten Meditationen, Achtsamkeitsübungen und Stressbewältigungsszenarien in realitätsnahen virtuellen Umgebungen.
  • KI-basierter Avatar:
    Ein digitaler Begleiter, der individuell durch das Training führt, motiviert und bei der Umsetzung im Alltag unterstützt.
  • Methodische Grundlagen:
    Ein didaktisches Konzept, das die Integration von XR-Technologien in Pflegeausbildung und betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung ermöglicht.
  • Pilotanwendungen:
    Erprobung der Tools mit Pflegekräften und Lernenden in Österreich und Deutschland – mit Feedback zur Weiterentwicklung.

Projektdaten

📅 Laufzeit: 01. Februar 2025 – 30. April 2026

🌐 Website: www.vr-healthcare.eu

💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/vr-healthcare

Projektpartner

 

25.01.26 Transnational Projektmeeting

The pilot event in Gelsenkirchen constitutes the central validation and testing measure of the HEART project. It serves to evaluate the AI- and VR-assisted resilience training modules. For this reason, the preparation as well as the transnational project management meeting are of great importance.

26.01.26 Pilottesting Gelsenkirchen

The pilot event in Gelsenkirchen constitutes the central validation and testing activity of the HEART project. It is designed to evaluate the AI- and VR-assisted resilience training modules.

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Webinar 1

The webinar was organised on 7 April 2026, World Health Day, as a dissemination activity within the Erasmus+ project HEART (AI & VR Healthcare Resilience Training). The choice of this date was deliberate, in order to embed the webinar within the global discourse on health and nursing and to increase the visibility of the project.

The primary objective of the event was to make current developments and practical applications of immersive technologies in nursing and healthcare accessible to a broad professional audience, and to facilitate exchange among nursing professionals, educators, technology providers, and other relevant stakeholders.

Furthermore, the webinar contributed to the dissemination of the core themes of the HEART project – in particular the use of AI- and VR-supported training solutions to strengthen resilience, professional competencies, and innovative nursing education. Central to the presentation was the persona of Anna: a care worker in elderly care who – as a representative of the 65% of nursing staff reporting burnout symptoms – benefits from a VR- and AI-supported resilience training programme.

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Webinar 2

The webinar was organised as a dissemination activity within the Erasmus+ project HEART (AI & VR Healthcare Resilience Training). Its aim was to raise awareness of innovative digital learning approaches and emerging technologies that are fundamentally transforming education and professional training.

The event highlighted the growing importance of Extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in learning environments and demonstrated, through a concrete real-world use case, how immersive technologies can improve learning effectiveness, engagement, and knowledge retention. In doing so, the webinar contributed to bridging the gap between innovation, practical implementation, and stakeholder awareness.

Furthermore, the event contributed to the dissemination of the HEART project’s core themes – including digital transformation, immersive learning, AI-supported training, and the development of future-oriented competencies across sectors. Although the webinar presented examples from corporate and industrial training contexts, its content was highly relevant to the objectives of the HEART project: the demonstrated applications of XR and AI in immersive learning environments provided valuable insights into how comparable technologies can be applied in healthcare and nursing education.

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Brilon  20.04.26

The second testing and training event in Brilon represents the next central validation and testing measure of the HEART project. Building on the results, lessons learned, and feedback from the pilot testing event conducted in January, key improvements have been incorporated and implemented. This event serves to evaluate the AI- and VR-assisted resilience training modules with the new release, ensuring that refinements based on prior testing are effectively integrated and that the modules meet the required technical and pedagogical standards.

The event was held at the Brilon Clinic to enable participation from a significantly larger and more diverse group of stakeholders. This included professionals from various fields such as doctors, therapists, nurses, and psychologists, allowing for a broader and more comprehensive evaluation across different healthcare disciplines. This diverse participant base strengthens the validity of the testing results and ensures that the training modules are suitable for a wide range of healthcare professionals.

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Messe 13.03.26

The expert event “Extend Your Reality” took place on 12 March 2026 in the Turbinenhalle in Düsseldorf and was presented as a format focused on talks and trends related to technology, innovation, and business. According to the event information, the meeting brought together XR experts as well as representatives from business, science, and media for professional exchange in an inspiring setting. The broader XR-Thinktank context also highlights that immersive technologies already create added value in areas such as education and training, healthcare, quality management, process optimization, and occupational safety, which makes the event particularly relevant for a project such as HEART

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Messe 21.04.26

The ALTENPFLEGE trade fair in Essen, held from April 21–23, 2026, is the leading industry meeting point for professional care in Germany. According to the organizers, the event attracted 18,000 professional visitors, 500 exhibitors from 16 countries, and an exhibition area of more than 14,500 square meters. The fair thus confirmed its high relevance for care facilities, providers of educational and training solutions, institutions in the healthcare sector, insurance companies, and companies from the fields of digitalization and medical technology.

For the Erasmus+ project HEART, the fair provided a particularly suitable framework for presenting innovative XR-based learning approaches in the healthcare and care sector to a professionally relevant audience and for disseminating project results in a context that is relevant across Europe.