Second-Life
The MedBonsai
“Here is where Second Life a free 3D virtual world where users can socialize and connect, could have an important role in medical education. Imagine the following scenario. You read about treatments for Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Respiratory Failure, STEMI, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure etc you name it. Once you read about it instead of having your usual, boring and annoying test your test becomes a 3d Virtual game where you get to exercise your knowledge.
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17 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): 3D, games, Second-Life, Students, Virtual
Schwaab J et al, Academic Emergency Medicine, 18(5)
Objectives:
Oral examination is a method used to evaluate emergency medicine (EM) residents and is a requirement for board certification of emergency physicians. Second Life (SL) is a virtual three-dimensional (3-D) immersive learning environment that has been used for medical education. In this study we explore the use of SL virtual simulation technology to administer mock oral examinations to EM residents.
Methods:
This was a prospective observational study of EM residents who had previously completed mock oral examinations, participating in a similar mock oral examination case scenario conducted via SL. EM residents in this training program completed mock oral examinations in a traditional format, conducted face to face with a faculty examiner. All current residents were invited to participate in a similar case scenario conducted via SL for this study. The examinee managed the case while acting as the physician avatar and communicated via headset and microphone from a remote computer with a faculty examiner who acted as the patient avatar. Participants were surveyed regarding their experience with the traditional and virtual formats using a Likert scale.
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19 June 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | Tag(s): emergency, Second-Life, Simulation, Virtual
aguitarte, Somos Medicina
“Los CDC son una iniciativa del gobierno estadounidense que, entre otras, tiene la misión de proveer información sobre Salud Pública y seguridad tanto para médicos como para pacientes.
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26 April 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Second-Life, SMS, Social Media, Twitter
Stephanie Simon, The Wall Street Journal
“The nurses have been told there’s a crisis. But they’re hardly prepared for the chaos that awaits.
Dozens of patients, stricken with a debilitating flu, crowd the emergency room. Some slump mutely in chairs. Others wander, moaning or calling out for blankets. Just as the nurses begin triage, part of the hospital goes dark: a blackout.
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13 April 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): emergency, Hospitals, Online, Second-Life, Simulation, Virtual
Karla Islas Pieck, Diario Médico
“La plataforma virtual en 3D Second Life se ha consolidado como una herramienta de comunicación útil para los médicos de familia españoles. La Isla de la Salud, espacio virtual creado por la Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria (Semfyc), acoge gran parte de las reuniones de los grupos de trabajo de esta sociedad científica, además de un interesante programa de actividades formativas y culturales.
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17 December 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Spain | Tag(s): Primary Care, Second-Life, Virtual
Reuters
Virtual worlds can provide military amputees with an opportunity to enhance their overall quality of life, expedite their reintegration into society, and improve their physical and mental wellness.
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3 November 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): disabled, Industry, Second-Life, Virtual
Rebecca Ruiz, Forbes
“From Twitter to Second Life to Facebook, patients now have access to more health information than ever before.
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31 July 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Health Information, Internet, Second-Life, Social Media, Twitter
Jeremy Bradley, CNN
“At Imperial College London, medical students navigate a full-service hospital where they see patients, order X-rays, consult with colleagues and make diagnoses.
It’s an interactive, hands-on learning experience — and none of it is real.
These prospective doctors are treating virtual patients in Second Life, the Internet world where users interact through online alter egos called avatars. The third-year med students are taking part in a pilot program for game-based learning, which educators believe can be a stimulating change from lectures and textbooks.”
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30 March 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News, Video | Country: UK | Tag(s): Education, Hospitals, Second-Life, Virtual
Dipali Pathak, RedOrbit
“Using internet-based technology, experts at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston are changing the way women with disabilities interact with the world — by having them experience it through a new one.
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30 March 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): disabled, Second-Life, Virtual
Bertalan Meskó, ScienceRoll
“I had a Second Life workshop where I talk about the medical implications of the virtual world.
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27 March 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Netherlands | Tag(s): e-patient, Health 2.0, Second-Life
“Diabetes UK has taken its Silent Assassin campaign into Second Life. Virtual posters have been put up around the 3D virtual world to inform its 15 million “residents” about the campaign, which seeks to raise awareness of how diabetes can cause a range of other conditions that leading a healthier lifestyle can help to control.”
Article
e-Health Insider Primary Care, 16 October 2008
16 October 2008 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: UK | Tag(s): Diabetes, Second-Life, Virtual, Web 2.0
