SPICE

The University of New England (UNE)is going to implement an OpenSim based Virtual World for pharmacy and social work students. This project is called SPICE, for Social work Pharmacy Interaction Contextualization Experience.

The building of pharmacy was originally hosted on ReactionGrid and was moved to the New Zealand Virtual World’s Grid.

 The Professor Ieva Stupans is the project leader, for research aspects of the project, and CI. Lindy Orwin is the project manager.

There is more information on the dedicated wiki page at http://wikiresearcher.org

The current builds that the students will use in 2012  and  they will use for machinima are  on SPICE Island.

Reference :
http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/3DVLE/pharm.asp

Multi-User Virtual Environments in Healthcare: A Primer for Healthcare Students

This presentation was given to the University of San Francisco’s Dr. Margaret Hansen’s Nursing Informatics Class.

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Minty-Fresh™.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 5,600 times in 2010. That’s about 13 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 7 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 130 posts. There were 15 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 9mb. That’s about a picture per month.

The busiest day of the year was July 19th with 45 views. The most popular post that day was Mayo Clinic in Second Life.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were blog.almatropie.org, mycrazyreader.info, facebook.com, toile.com, and biology.kenyon.edu.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for larynx anatomy, cerner, larynx, eye tracker system, and how to assess chest pain.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Mayo Clinic in Second Life July 2010
2 comments

2

Speech-Language & Hearing Science : Larynx Anatomy Test April 2009
2 comments

3

NESIM (Nursing Education SIMulator) update in Second Life March 2009

4

Respiratory medicine cases by Imperial College London in Second Life April 2009
3 comments

5

Multiple sclerosis / sclérose en plaque : 23 feb 2008 Big SL concert February 2008

A Second Life Emergency – The French Connection

SL Resident Wyll Neopolitan a real life medical emergency physician from Toulouse, a city in southwest France, narrates the Second Life experience with virtual instructional demonstrations on emergency care to multiple real life classrooms full of students who really do participate in the virtual instructional training.

Emergency preparedness virtual training enables Wyll Neopolitan to cross over to many other classrooms around France and beyond.

(Image from marketplace.secondlife.com)

This is not the first virtual medical training facility in Second life. There are many variations and levels of medical training going on in there. More on the side of lecture and visual presentations that reach a larger student population.

 

This video is a Sophia Yates Machima production 2010

Reference : http://malburns.wordpress.com

Second Life Nursing Continuing Education Event

The University of Texas at Arlington’s continuing education event in Second Life

 ‘The Value of Second Life to Nursing’

is coming up Saturday November 6 at 9:30 AM.

This event could be of interest to librarians and other health care professionals as well as to educators working in SecondLife.

Agenda: (times below are Central Daylight Time-USA, Texas, Dallas. Convert to your time zone)

    * 09:30-10:00 am – Meet and greet, check-in, and get settled
    * 10:00-11:00 am – Program
          o Mr. Jeffrey P Mellenthin, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, Texas Woman’s University (SL: ACNP Ragged)
          o Ms Kelley Connor, RN, MSN, Boise State University (SL: Katya Staryk)
    *
    * 11:00-11:30 am – Evaluation
    * 11:30 am – Adjourn

Exhibits Hall with research posters on display

Purpose: To provide an opportunity for Registered Nurses to engage in and experience the possibilities of a conference held in Second Life and to explore resources and opportunities for implementation in nursing

Objectives:

    * Identify the potential impact of Second Life on nursing practice
    * Identify resources available in Second Life for simulation
    * Describe how to implement Second Life in nursing

Location: UT Arlington Conference Center, UTArlington III in Second Life

One Contact Hour CE
You must register to receive continuing education units

The University of Texas at Arlington Center for Continuing Nursing Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

http://www.uta.edu/secondlife/nursingce/

Maternity ward in Second Life (via Mal Burns Second Arts)

In this video, take a tour of the University's maternity ward, built on our island in Second Life. In conjunction with the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy the ward is used to give students valuable experience as part of their studies. 1st collector for Maternity ward in Second LifeFollow my videos on vodpod … Read More

via Mal Burns Second Arts

Wider Pharmatopia collaboration

Welcome to Pharmatopia@Nottingham, a dedicated Pharmacy project in Second Life for students at The University of Nottingham.

It’s part of the wider global Pharmatopia collaboration, organised and hosted by Monash University, Australia.

If you want to see more enter Second Life and teleport to “Pharmatopia“.

Mayo Clinic in Second Life

Since end of march, Mayo Clinic had started a presence in Second Life with 2 islands and hosted events.

The Mayo Clinic’s island in Second Life includes conference facilities and a bookstore.
The not-for-profit medical practice holds regular talks and events
on diseases and illnesses for interested Residents.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mayo%20Clinic/35/195/28

It looks like in Real life …

Mayo Clinic hosted the first event in its conference center in Second Life on Mayo Clinic Island on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The event was a lecture on colon and rectal cancer by Paul Limburg, M.D. in recognition of colon cancer awareness month. Here are some details.

Next in september, avatars will be able to attend to the Transform 2010 Symposium in the Conference Center :

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mayo%20Clinic%20II/214/189/41

Ref :

- Mayo Clinic explores the virtual world of Second Life

- Mayo Clinic to Host Colon Cancer Event in Second Life

Visualizing Chemistry in Second Life

Jean-Claude Bradley and Andrew Lang present on “Visualizing Chemistry in Second Life” at the American Chemical Society Meeting in San Francisco on March 23, 2010.

Applications covered include

• the Spectral Game,
• the ChemTiles Game,
• the Orac Molecule Rezzer,
• student posters,
• docking  reaction mechanisms,
• orbitals,
• Drexel Island,
• ACS Island

and other topics from a related paper in Chemistry Central Journal:
http://www.journal.chemistrycentral.com/content/3/1/14

The slides :

The slidecast ( slides + audio) :

The Amputee Virtual Support System

[coming soon to SL Enterprise]

[***note: this video shows a proof of concept***]

[***theme music "This Day Is Mine!" avail from iTunes at http://bit.ly/aMJj6E***]

When wounded warriors return home, they face long term care and recovery, often isolated from their family.
TATRC is now developing the Amputee Virtual Environment Support Space on the Second Life Enterprise platform. This support space will evolve into a virtual clinic where amputees, their families and healthcare providers connect to supplement care and improve the quality of life of patients.