To expand clinical nursing education, Labster, a Danish education platform specializing in interactive and immersive laboratory simulations, has announced that it has acquired VR training platform UbiSim. With this acquisition, Labster will be able to further expand nursing education services, thereby helping to achieve the mission of high-quality science education. The parties did not announce specific terms.
Labster CEO and Co-Founder Michael Bodekaer Jensen said: "We are very pleased to welcome the UbiSim team to the Labster family. The nursing industry is an extremely important and exciting direction for virtual training technology, and UbiSim's high quality and availability The expanded training platform offers a truly unique solution. With the strategic addition of UbiSim, Labster will play an important role in the future of nursing education and help address the acute challenge of global nursing shortages. According to the World Health Organization, the global The nursing shortage is 5.9 million. Labster will join forces with UbiSim to empower the next generation of healthcare workers.”
Founded in Denmark in 2012, Labster is a virtual laboratory learning platform focused on building an ecosystem of STEM learning resources. The team started out primarily developing content for the 2D medium and quickly jumped into said field after the rise of VR.
UbiSim was founded in Switzerland in 2017 to provide immersive virtual training simulations for nurses and healthcare providers. The company's immersive virtual reality training platform allows nursing students to learn clinical, collaboration and communication skills through realistic medical scenarios and realistic patients in a safe learning environment.
UbiSim commented: "Our alignment with Labster in vision and product philosophy was very apparent, which made the decision to join the Labster team very easy. We are excited to continue developing the product and rolling it out to nursing students and education around the world. Combining UbiSim’s realistic world nursing scenarios with Labster’s immersive scientific simulations, this will provide nursing educators and institutions with unparalleled content and tools to help improve student engagement and achievement.”
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