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Medical & Psychological Sites in Second Life:

Medical & Psychological Sites in Second Life:. Mind, Body & Spirit Elisabeth Jacobsen Library Director, Trinitas Hospital Elizabeth, New Jersey ILC Monterey, California Oct 30, 2007. Clinical Education & Training in SL…. Virtual Training Hospitals. * Ann Myers Medical Ctr

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Medical & Psychological Sites in Second Life:

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  1. Medical & PsychologicalSites in Second Life: Mind, Body & Spirit Elisabeth Jacobsen Library Director, Trinitas Hospital Elizabeth, New Jersey ILC Monterey, California Oct 30, 2007

  2. Clinical Education & Training in SL…

  3. Virtual Training Hospitals * Ann Myers Medical Ctr • College of Radiology & Allied Health

  4. Why? • Immersive environment • Interactive: voice/chat • Networking: global • Safe patient simulations • Recreates RL w/o limits • Scripted • Unscripted

  5. Who? * Attendings * Residents * Interns * Students * Nurses * Allied Health

  6. What do they do? • Case presentations • Class discussions • Patient scenarios • Continuing Education

  7. Exploring Virtual Applications Benefits: international collaboration potential real life patient - doctor interaction unrestricted by real life limitations encourages thinking “out of the box” Drawbacks: Unreliable internet connections Unpredictable problems in-world: * Griefing lag rolling startups SL bugs

  8. A day in the life of a virtual doctor…

  9. College of Allied Health & Sciences • hands-on learning with interactive exhibits • online classes • CE • Certification • variety of classes offered • phlebotomy class, lectures & labs • EKG readings & labs • chemistry labs • biology labs

  10. Traditional and non-traditional tools for learning

  11. The Imperial College of London’s Virtual Hospital

  12. Marketing Strategy: from RL to SL to RL * Promotional * Limited CH education * Limited development * Links to RL * Showcase

  13. Target Training & Education

  14. The Virtual Neurological Education Ctr VNEC • Educational tools • Interactive simulations • Consumer Health • Professional • Referring links • Free

  15. VNEC Interactive Motor Simulations

  16. Information in a box…

  17. Emergency Preparedness Training in SL: Play2Train Interactive role playing designed to support: Incident Command System Tabletop exercises Emergency Services Simple Triage training Risk Communication

  18. Dioramas: full scale replicas for scenario training Pandemics: Influenza Natural Disasters Bioterrorism practice preparedness & response Quarantine training mobile care facilities triage treatment Audience: Clinical Police, Fire, EMS Administration Local & State officials business leaders community

  19. Recognizing the importance of research… • Play2Train’s Interactive Medical Library

  20. Custom design Learning: Hyperstring • Designers for hire • State of the art virtual classrooms • Closed learning environment • Limited only by imagination • and $$$

  21. Health Info Island: A growing mission and vision • Consumer Health information • Education • Clinical research • Reference links • CME • Directory of research/education groups in SL • Experiment & develop new ways of interaction & communication

  22. The Virtual Medical Library • Designed by Librarians • Consumer Health • Professionals • Partnerships: NLM & NIH • Not staffed • Chatbot • QuestionPoint

  23. Leading to Water: links to information…

  24. Psychological Support in SL

  25. What is Cybertherapy? • Defined as the use of computer technology to provide mental health services • Different than traditional therapy • Utilizes new forms of communication • Internet: email, webcam • Phone • Avatar therapy • Use of avatar to explore issues • Gender identification, Phobias, Disability, • Addictions, Social isolation and more…

  26. Virtual Mental Health Services • ** Advantages: • Anonymous if desired • Provides for those who are ill, do not have a car or can’t drive • simulates traditional face-to-face therapy through avatars • ** Disadvantages: • - internet connection woes • - time zones • - lack of physical cues • - lack of inflection if not using voice communication

  27. SL Mental Health Support: Discussion Groups, Individual Therapy

  28. Professional Help for a fee or self-help for free Fee based Counseling The Centering Place Library: “notecard” books

  29. At MD Kiosk: videos available for free or purchase. Learning about anxiety

  30. Prepared with the help of Brielle Coronet

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