Barbara Loessl

Barbara Loessl serves as a Lecturer at Murdoch University's School of Nursing, specializing in innovative pedagogical approaches that integrate virtual reality, mixed reality simulations, and online resources into clinical sciences education to develop safe and confident graduate nurses.

Her research spans palliative care, public health, addiction treatment (alcohol and smoking cessation), and pediatric sleep disorders, with a pronounced emphasis on technology-enhanced nursing education. She pioneers virtual anatomy instruction and complex clinical skills training through immersive simulations.

Her publications reveal a cohesive trend in leveraging VR/xR technologies across nursing education domains, demonstrating consistent application in anatomy teaching, procedural skills mastery, and virtual clinical environments to address real-world healthcare challenges.

Her distinguished teaching contributions have earned significant recognition:

• Vice Chancellor’s Staff Awards: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
• College of Health and Education Learning and Teaching Excellence Award

While no student advising or grant details appear in available materials, her work directly impacts curriculum development and clinical training standards.

She actively contributes to the xR Skills Lab initiative, which operationalizes virtual reality for high-stakes nursing procedures like endotracheal suctioning within Murdoch University's educational framework.