The work behind an interdisciplinary team: Creating a postpartum hemorrhage virtual reality training platform

Background: This article examines an interdisciplinary team's collaboration experience in the development of a virtual reality (VR) training platform for postpartum hemorrhage management. The project started during the COVID-19 pandemic to support remote training in nursing. Methods & Processes: Comprised of multidisciplinary specialists, the team collaborated through virtual meetings and digital tools such as an online whiteboard. The project went through three processes: (a) initial process, in which the team established the mutual goal, determined the targeted training, understood the subject matter, and created the framework; (b) VR development process, in which members contributed their expertise to map the task flow, create 3D objects, and develop the VR prototype; and (c) evaluation process, in which tests were performed among team members, subject matter experts, and undergraduate nursing students, to gain insights and fix problems. Conclusion: Lessons learned from this interdisciplinary collaboration include the accommodation of different objectives, workload expectations and distribution, changes of team members, and evaluation implementation.