Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training facilities

Radiography students in the School of Health and Social Wellbeing benefit from this amazing training platform which develops invaluable operational skills and builds confidence away from the pressured clinical environment.

What's waiting for you?

The linear accelerator

• The linear accelerator is the primary tool for delivering radiotherapy treatment to tumours.
• The real tools are very expensive and in constant clinical use within oncology units.
• Here, you can work at your own pace, safely, in small groups.
• VERT is an excellent tool that helps you gain vital hands-on experience outside of the clinical setting in a safe environment.

Virtual radiotherapy training environment

One wall of a blacked-out lecture theatre provides the screen for the VERT. Students wearing 3D glasses then use a control identical to one used in a real-world situation to position the virtual table and deliver doses of radiotherapy to a virtual patient.

In this environment, the beam is visible as it passes through and exits the patient, giving you a valuable insight into how the internal organs and spinal column can be affected.

Be part of a pioneering university

The VERT was installed with assistance from the Department of Health to address the lack of practical linear accelerator experience in graduating students. They selected us as a base for this technology in recognition of our position as a leading university for the training of future health professionals.