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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Medical & Psychological Sites in Second Life:
Mind, Body & SpiritElisabeth JacobsenLibrary Director, Trinitas Hospital Elizabeth, New Jersey
ILC Monterey, California Oct 30, 2007
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Clinical Education & Training in SL…
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Virtual Training Hospitals
* Ann Myers Medical Ctr
•College of Radiology & Allied Health
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Why?
• Immersive environment
• Interactive: voice/chat
• Networking: global
• Safe patient simulations
• Recreates RL w/o limits
• Scripted
• Unscripted
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Who?
* Attendings
* Residents
* Interns
* Students
* Nurses
* Allied Health
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What do they do?
• Case presentations
• Class discussions
• Patient scenarios
• Continuing Education
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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
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A day in the life of a virtual doctor…
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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
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Traditional and non-traditional tools for learning
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The Imperial College of London’s Virtual Hospital
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Marketing Strategy: from RL to SL to RL
* Promotional
* Limited CH education
* Limited development
* Links to RL
* Showcase
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Target Training & Education
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The Virtual Neurological Education Ctr
VNEC•Educational tools
•Interactive simulations
• Consumer Health
• Professional
• Referring links
• Free
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VNEC Interactive Motor Simulations
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Information in a box…
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Emergency Preparedness Training in SL: Play2Train
• Interactive role playing designed to support:
– Incident Command System
– Tabletop exercises
– Emergency Services
– Simple Triage training
– Risk Communication
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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
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Recognizing the importance of research…
• Play2Train’s Interactive Medical Library
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Custom design Learning: Hyperstring
• Designers for hire
• State of the art virtual classrooms
• Closed learning environment
• Limited only by imagination • and $$$
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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
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The Virtual Medical Library
• Designed by Librarians
– Consumer Health
– Professionals
– Partnerships: NLM & NIH
– Not staffed• Chatbot• QuestionPoint
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Leading to Water: links to information…
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Psychological Support in SL
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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…
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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
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SL Mental Health Support: Discussion Groups, Individual Therapy
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Professional Help for a fee or self-help for free
• Fee based Counseling The Centering Place Library: “notecard” books
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At MD Kiosk: videos available for free or purchase. Learning about anxiety
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