{"id":23069,"date":"2022-08-02T07:44:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T05:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=23069"},"modified":"2022-08-02T07:44:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T05:44:20","slug":"conjoined-twins-separated-with-the-help-of-virtual-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/08\/conjoined-twins-separated-with-the-help-of-virtual-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Conjoined Twins Separated with the Help of Virtual Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surgeries are already complex as they are. Medical advances keep getting more and more developed to help patients get the best treatment possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though it may sound a lot like a scene from a sci-fi film, medicine and technology have gone hand-in-hand in successfully providing the most effective and efficient procedures to treat patients, even those with the most complex of conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about the Brazilian conjoined twins who have been separated all thanks to virtual reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-62378452<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Surgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani described the procedure as “space-age stuff\u201d. Do you agree\/disagree with him and why?<\/li>
  2. What are your thoughts on this surgery?<\/li>
  3. How would you feel going through medical procedures using technologies like the VR?<\/li>
  4. Where else can VR be useful?<\/li>
  5. Describe the most complex medical procedure you\u2019ve ever gone through.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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