High-Tech Simulation Study

High-Tech Simulation Study

Nursing students test eye-tracking glasses while observing a laptop before a labor-and-delivery simulation.
Photo by Marianne Todd

May 8, 2026

MSU-Meridian Master of Science Nursing student Stirewalt聽of Sturgis, center, is fitted with eye-tracking glasses before a聽labor-and-delivery聽simulation at the Riley Campus Interprofessional Simulation Center. Eye-tracking technology is being used to study how students see, process and respond in high-pressure training scenarios, helping reshape how future healthcare professionals are educated. Leading the study are senior Kayla Pigott, left, an industrial systems engineering major from聽Jackson, Texas, and ISE Assistant Professor Jessica Gonzalez-Vargas.