MedEd in Virtual Worlds

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Comment by HVX Silverstar on June 13, 2008 at 2:40am

Thanks for starting the group.

Comment by Melvie Pawpaw on June 5, 2008 at 8:30am

I'm particularly interested in developing learning experiences and tools in Second Life to facilitate interprofessional education, particularly in allied health fields in collaboration with physicians, nurses, psychologists, etc. I think there are many opportunities to create some powerful cross-discipline educational opportunities.

Comment by Alina Haywood on May 4, 2008 at 9:34pm

Mary ... what a wonderful idea! I can see how patient encounters could be simulated. One way that this might be accomplished might be to create an item of clothing that contains the rash. Similar to the way tattoos are designed. This way the avatar would have the ability to "put on" or "take off" as needed.

Comment by Mary Johnson on May 4, 2008 at 6:23pm

I am always interested in knowing more about what others see as the potential for virtual worlds in medical education. Virtual worlds could be a setting for "simulated patients" to provide students with practical experiences. I think a chatbot approach might work. Being a microbiology educator, I have also been intrigued by the idea of using different "skins" in Second Life to allow avatars to pose as patients with rashes or other skin presentations. But, I only know HTML coding language, so there is a steep learning curve to produce anything on my own. What are others doing?

Comment by Alina Haywood on May 3, 2008 at 10:25am

Let us know what you are thinking!