If not treated properly, a concussion may have lasting physical, emotional, and cognitive effects. After two years of research, six months of production, and thousands of hours of user-testing, CrashCourse by Teach Aids provides students, parents, and coaches with the latest medical knowledge on the prevention and treatment of concussions.
I wanted to find out more about they are also using cutting-edge, immersive experiences in VR to appeal to a digital native generation and demonstrate increased empathy and learning. So I invited Dr. Piya Sorcar onto my daily tech podcast to learn more.
Dr. Piya Sorcar is the founder and CEO of TeachAIDS, a Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, and an Adjunct Affiliate at the Stanford School of Medicine. She leads a team of world experts in medicine, public health and education to develop software that solves numerous persistent problems in HIV prevention.
Founded at Stanford University, TeachAids is a nonprofit social venture that creates breakthrough software addressing numerous persistent problems in health education around the world. TeachAids uses a research-based design process to develop medically-accurate, pedagogically-grounded, and culturally-tailored animated software to optimize learning and retention in 82 countries.
It is backed by Google, Microsoft, Barclays, UNICEF, and others, and partnered with 250+ governments, school systems, and NGOs around the world. TeachAids was recognized as an innovation that would "change the world" by MIT Technology Review and is a global laureate of the Tech Awards for philanthropy. The Government of Botswana has recognized June 15 as "National TeachAids Day" .