Presentations about medicine in Second Life

Today 2 presentations about medicine in Second Life :

Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world

Describing how virtual worlds can be used in medical education (virtual presentation for a course of the Nova Southeastern University).

Virtual Worlds Demand Innovative Roles and Skills from Medical Librarians

OBJECTIVES: As our institutions engage in new online learning and community spaces, the roles of the medical librarian have shifted to encompass these new environments. In Second Life (SL) and other virtual worlds, while the fundamental goals of service, support, collection development, reference, and outreach remain the same, the scope of audience and delivery of health information in support of these goals takes on a vastly different form.
METHODS: An academic medical library collaborated with local health sciences schools and programs on developing a SL space. The librarians initiated training sessions on SL skills; organized a seminar series; developed resources and exhibits that bridged the virtual world and online environments; collaborated with local, national and international partners; and broadly served as community managers for the Second Life community and space.

RESULTS: Outcomes of the librarians’ activities as community managers included professional presentations in SL, creation of tools to index health information in SL, engagement with patient support communities, and formation of an international SL health education community.

CONCLUSIONS: Second Life offers exceptional opportunities for health and medical librarians through flexible and innovative new roles.

3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare : a special issue of JVWR

Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

Vol 2, No 2: 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare

Table of Contents

Editor’s Corner

Maria Toro-Troconis, Maged N. Kamel Boulos
1) Musings on the State of ‘3-D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare’ in 2009
PDF

Invited articles

Constance M Johnson, Allison A Vorderstrasse, Ryan Shaw
2) Virtual Worlds in Health Care Higher Education
Abstract | PDF

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

John Robert Norris
3) The Growth and Direction of Healthcare Support Groups in Virtual Worlds
Abstract | PDF

Paul Krebs, Jack Burkhalter, Shireen Lewis, Tinesha Hendrickson, Ophelia Chiu, Paul Fearn, Wendy Perchick, Jamie Ostroff
4) Development of a Virtual Reality Coping Skills Game to Prevent Post-Hospitalization Smoking Relapse in Tobacco Dependent Cancer Patients
Abstract | PDF

Elizabeth Dean, Sarah Cook, Michael Keating, Joe Murphy
5) Does this Avatar Make Me Look Fat?
Obesity and Interviewing in Second Life
Abstract | PDF

Research Papers

Susan Toth-Cohen, Therese Gallagher
6) Development and Evaluation of Health and Wellness Exhibits at the Jefferson Occupational Therapy Education Center in Second Life
Abstract | PDF

Research-in-brief papers

Douglas R Danforth, Mike Procter, Richard Chen, Mary Johnson, Robert Heller
7) Development of Virtual Patient Simulations for Medical Education
Abstract | PDF

“Think pieces”

Rashid M Kashani, Anne Roberts, Ray Jones, Maged N. Kamel Boulos
8 ) Virtual Worlds, Collective Responses and Responsibilities in Health
Abstract | PDF

Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Inocencio Maramba
9) Pitfalls in 3-D Virtual Worlds Health Project Evaluations:
The Trap of Drug-trial-style Media Comparative Studies
Abstract | PDF

Vanessa Gamboa González
10) Towards a virtual doctor-patient relationship:
Understanding virtual patients.
Abstract | PDF

Editor-in-Chief’s Corner

Methal Mohammed
11) Cultural Identity in Virtual Reality (VR): A Case Study of a Muslim Woman with hijab in Second Life(SL)
Abstract | PDF

Annabel Jane Wharton
12) Shaping the ‘Public Sphere’ in Second Life: Architectures of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
Abstract | PDF

References :

http://jvwresearch.org/

https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr

Speech-Language & Hearing Science : Larynx Anatomy Test

[9:49] Blue Terminal: Hello Daneel Ariantho, thank you for taking the Larynx Anatomy Test (Blue arrow)

[9:49] Blue Terminal: This test will make arrows appear around the Larynx in front of you. Fly around the Larynx, find the arrows of the right color and name the corresponding body part.
[9:49] Blue Terminal: Each arrow has a particle trail which will guide you to it in case you shouldn’t be able to find the arrow.

[9:50] Blue Terminal: Type out your answer normally in the main chat. This test is not case sensitive. You have 5 minutes to answer each question before the test gets reset.
[9:50] Blue Terminal: Are you doing the test for practice or for grading?
[9:50] Daneel Ariantho: /5 practice
[9:52] Blue Terminal: Ok, How many questions out of 10 would you like to answer for this test?
[9:52] Daneel Ariantho: /5 2
[9:52] Blue Terminal: 2 question(s), is that correct?
[9:50] Daneel Ariantho: /5 yes
[9:52] Blue Terminal: Thank you, starting the test…
[9:52] Blue Terminal: Question 3.
[9:53] Daneel Ariantho: /5 hyoid bone
[9:56] Blue Terminal: I’m sorry, your answer was incorrect, the right answer would have been ‘Thyroid Gland‘
[9:56] Blue Terminal: Question 1.
[9:57] Daneel Ariantho: /5 thyroid gland
[9:57] Blue Terminal: I’m sorry, your answer was incorrect, the right answer would have been ‘Hyoid Bone‘
[9:57] Blue Terminal: Larynx Anatomy Test (Blue arrow) end results:
[9:57] Blue Terminal: Out of 2 questions, you answered 0 correctly and 2 incorrectly, scoring 0%
[9:57] Blue Terminal: Thank you for participating, have a nice day.

SLURL : Speech-Language & Hearing Science, Second Earth 7 (60, 113, 44)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Earth%207/67/100/35

NESIM (Nursing Education SIMulator) update in Second Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkuLAOzL0zU

A patient simulation in the virtual world of Second Life by MUVErs used in nursing courses.
An update of John Miller’s work.

Muvers website : http://muversllc.blogspot.com/
Twitter : http://twitter.com/MUVErs

PIVOTE

PIVOTE (for PREVIEW Immersive Virtual Training Environment) is a virtual learning authoring system for virtual worlds. It was developed as part of the JISC funded PREVIEW project, where it was used to develop training material for Paramedic students at St George’s Hospital and Kingston University.

Although based on the Medbiquitous Virtual Patient standard the feeling of all involved in the project was that the system could be used for any sort of structured learning in virtual worlds. The result was that JISC have funded the creation of PIVOTE – this open source project.

The key point about PIVOTE is that all the structure and information content of an exercise is stored on the web, not in the virtual world.

This means that it is easy to create, and then edit and maintain, courseware INDEPENDENT OF VIRTUAL WORLD. And since even structure and content are separate you can have the same exercise but with different levels of student information – from loads of help and structure for beginners, to minimal information and structure for assessment purposes.

From here you can download all the code you need to use PIVOTE to run your own courses in virtual worlds. From the location in Second Life you can download a starter set of objects, and the Controller, and you can of course create (and hopefully share) your own.

SLURL

PIVOTE supports users in Second Life (and OpenSim) and on the Web, but it is possible to create controllers for other virtual worlds.

An overview of the PREVIEW project, featuring the newly rebuilt Cedars at Coventry University

All images are from Sheetalkavia’s Flickr

Sources :

• The PIVOTE blog
• The website
• Download (on Google Code)
• The press release

Italian Resuscitation Council

The sim Irelore is the official land of the Italian Resuscitation Council, IRC. A land surely not much crowded by those who think Second Life could or should only be a game, but we suggest it the same, since it demonstrates that Linden Lab’s metaverse can be an instrument for important “real” learning activities and not just roleplaying.

It’s for medical doctor medicine hospital cardiac heart and lungs breath simulation.

A group of IRC is also active in Facebook. For information about both inworld activities and those on the social network site, try to contact Biancaluce Robbiani that of IRC Second Life place and is one of the points of reference.

SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Irelore/188/11/32

Reference : http://www.slnn.it/itinerari_in_second_life/irc_island.html

Best healthcare places in Second Life

Ready ! They are ready : 24 landmarks dedicated to healthcare (and some others to chemistry).

2 others on first floor are for SLoodle (for elearning) and ISI (for more web & SL ressources).

Click on it and each landmark provide the teleport landmark and some information about the place in a notecard.

They are all made in the JoKay Wollongong’s style :

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Go to EAHP exhibition website and click on the ‘Teleport now’ button to visit the place.

To help people to visit, the 12 most important are in a free tour HUD.

NHS Healthcare Innovation Day inSL

Imperial College London and the NHS Confederation would like to invite you to take part in an exclusive event that on previous occasions has been closed to members of the public – an opportunity to learn about and debate the most effective ways of adopting new technologies and innovative services and overcoming barriers and challenges arising in the process.

The Embracing Healthcare Technology and Innovation Conference has been organized by the SDO Network and the NHS Technology Adoption Centre and will be broadcast to you live in SL directly from BMA House in London on Wednesday 11th February starting at 10.00 GMT – 2.00 SLT (arrive at 09.30 GMT for a video check).

There will be keynote speakers who will share evidence based management practice from real world experiences and the latest research knowledge in this area as well as break-out groups for discussion and feedback.

Your questions will be posed to the speakers and panels in BMA House, and you are also invited to attend a break-out group in Second Life that will feed back into the RL conference.

If you would like to attend this event, please register at
http://healthcare-innovation.eventbrite.com

The event will be held at this SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/National%20Health%20Service/133/113/26

 

Further details can be found at http://www.nhsconfed.org/specialist/specialist-4446.cfm and this agenda :

AGENDA

• 9.30 GMT – 1.30 SLT
  Meet & Greet and Sound Check
• 10.00 GMT – 2.00 SLT
  Welcome & Introduction – Nigel Edwards, Director of Policy, NHS Confederation
• 10.15 GMT – 2.15 SLT
  Introduction to NTAC work – Colin Callow, Lead Associate
  Introduction to SDO work – Ganesh Sathyamoorthy, Network Manager
• 10.45 GMT – 2.45 SLT
  What are the management barriers to technology adoption in the NHS and how can they be overcome? – Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
• 11.15 GMT – 3.15 SLT
  Break
• 11.30 GMT – 3.30 SLT
  Real World Case Studies from primary and secondary care

What are the key management challenges when implementing innovative medical technologies?

- Brian Ibell, Assistant Chief Executive, Derby NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Stuart Gold, Consultant Anaesthetist, Derby NHS Foundation Trust
- Sally Chisholm, Director, Lancashire and South Cumbria Cardiac Network

• 12.15 GMT – 4.15 SLT
  Panel Discussion – Interactive voting
• 12.45 GMT – 4.45 SLT
  Discussion (in Second Life only)

Leading sustainable implementation of new technology through evidence based management practice

• Developing cross professional networks
• Stimulating an innovation culture

• 13.15 GMT – 5.15 SLT
  Feedback from SL discussion
• 13.30 GMT – 5.30 SLT
  Break
• 15.45 GMT – 7.45 SLT
  Feedback from RL and SL discussion and closing panel
• 16.15 GMT – 8.15 SLT
  Close

Please note: This programme may change due to unforeseen circumstances.

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Therapy and the metaverse : article and event

Mark Kizelshteyn is Chronos Laval inSL. He is a virtual world researcher currently working with Popcha!, a media technology company, on virtual world healthcare initiatives.

The article

He is pleased to announce the publication of his article, Therapy and The Metaverse: Second Life and The Changing Conditions of Therapy For Convalescent and Chronically Ill Users, in Washington University’s Undergraduate Research Digest.

A professionally edited article based on the thesis was published this month in Washington University Undergraduate Research Digest.

Click Here to download a free copy of the article Therapy and Metaverse.

Abstract:
This study examines the therapeutic utility of 3D Massively Multi-User Virtual Environments (MMVE’s), specifically Second Life, for convalescent and chronically ill users. Three major therapy related simulations within Second Life are examined: Dreams, a space for people with autism and neurological conditions; the Heron Sanctuary, a disability haven; and Wheelies, a disability themed nightclub. Since this is an abridged version of my study, only one of the five case studies will be examined as a representative account of virtual therapy. Two main results surfaced through examining the three spaces and their users: a new form of complimentary therapy and a relationship between ‘virtual’ and ‘real’ well-being has been established. The first point explores how virtual worlds provide therapy forms outside of traditional and formalized setting with a medical professional or facilitator. The second point considers how virtual activities and therapies intersect with ‘real’ physical and emotional reactions. This research sheds light on a new frontier of therapeutic activities that facilitate a psychological and physical rehabilitative process through the social virtual environment Second Life.

To see the full journal, Click here.
To purchase a full copy of the academic thesis, Click here.

Link to Article : http://turtlethink.com/2009/01/therapy-and-the-metaverse/

The event

To mark the occasion, on January 22nd at 1 – 2 SLT (PST), Chronos Laval will be doing a brief talk on some of the major themes that were illuminated during the research process. And most of all, he would like to meet those of you I don’t know, answer your questions and start a long term dialogue about the immense opportunities in the therapeutic applications of virtual worlds.
The event will be kicked off by John Lester (Pathfinder Linden), who has been working tirelessly with Linden Labs to promote the healthcare applications of Second Life.

Pathfinder Linden (Image Flickr under CC by Hiro Sheridan)

This event will be hosted by Popcha! at their headquarters : SLURL
The event is under reservation : please ask before @ mark[at]popcha[dot]com . Optionally, with some words about who you are and what you are up to.

Paper Launch:

Therapy and The Metaverse :
Second Life and The Changing Conditions of Therapy For Convalescent and Chronically Ill Users.

When:  Thursday, January 22, 1 – 2 P.M. SLT
Where:  Popcha HQ Sim – SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Popcha/180/238/32