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.

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

Respiratory medicine cases by Imperial College London in Second Life

First of all, the CNN video : http://www.shoppingblog.com/cgi-bin/sblog.pl?sblog=3290911

[Doctors train in 'Second Life' 1:11 A British med school is having students learn by treating virtual patients in the online world 'Second Life'. Source: CNN | Added March 27, 2009]

The Imperial College London Sim : his tower, his conference room, his sandbox and … his hospital

It’s this link for the visist : SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imperial%20College%20London/150/86/27

First of all, you have to register online :

Pr Martyn Partridge :http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/people/m.partridge

is always at his desk.

You can search the right diagnosis on 5 different patients.

First wash your hands, ask patients basis information, perform a first diagnosis (differential diagnosis), and next …

perform some tests, new investigations for a final diagnosis :

The results of the investigations of each patient are in dedicated rooms. Here is the Laboratory.

It’s 5 clinical cases :

1. Pneumonia
2. Anticoagulant
3. Asthma
4. Pneumothorax
5. Lung cancer

It’s summarize in the Patient Management Area with some slides about this clinical cases:

A very easy-to-use simulation : you are helped by a reminder (wear as a badge on you at the entry of this hospital) so you can know all the time at which steps you have taken a break.

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Initial announcement :
Researchers pilot virtual clinic to help train doctors [6 march 2009] http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/news/060309_virtualclinic/

References :

• London Medical Students Train in Second Life Virtual Hospital http://www.ihealthbeat.org/Articles/2009/3/30/London-Medical-Students-Train-in-Second-Life-Virtual-Hospital.aspx
• Medical Students Using Second Life For Training http://www.inquisitr.com/20911/medical-students-using-second-life-for-training/
• Massively – Imperial College London lets students play doctor in Second Life http://www.massively.com/2009/03/30/imperial-college-london-lets-students-play-doctor-in-second-life/
• Unique Medical Simulation in Second Life!
  http://scienceroll.com/2008/08/17/unique-medical-simulation-in-second-life
• Can Second Life help teach doctors to treat patients? http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/doctors.second.life/index.html

Monolith – a protein rezzer

 

This week-end, Monolith a new molecular rezzer has been presented at the 2009 Virtual World Best Practice in Education Conference.

http://www.iste-community.org/xn/detail/2280708:Event:15394

It look like a well-known black box :

But it’s a rezzer working like show on this slide :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/3388162070/in/set-72157615940384816/

A great work of Erich Bremer (the same name inSL ! – http://www.ebremer.com), Associate Director, Medical Informatics @ School of Medicine, State University at Stony Brook.

But this tool use TOO MANY prims ! It will be better to use it on an opensim !

The website of this tool :
http://secondlife.som.stonybrook.edu

Flux The media of the sim link to : http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/6tna

 

SLURL :

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SBU%20Medical%20Center/58/26/27

Give me the landmark ! little molecule…

References :

http://slbiology.blogspot.com/2009/01/visit-to-monolith.html

http://piensl.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/monolith-rapid-molecular-visualization-for-second-life/

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

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.

Pharmatopia : an international collaboration for an immersive learning simulation for pharmacy and pharmaceutical studies

First of all, the Pharmatopia project is an international collaboration :

• Monash University – Australia, Malaysia, South Africa & Italy.
• University of Queensland – Australia
• UNC University of North Carolina – USA
• Univeristy of Nottingham – UK
• Keele university – UK

Pharmatopia want to be an Immersive Learning Simulation For Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Studies.

Pharmatopia is the name of the first sim builded of three :

• Pharmatopia
• Pharmatopia OS
• Aesclepia

Pharmatopia is actually a closed access island.
The access is only available to member institutions.

The public opening access to the island will come in the future, but
that probably won’t happen until around the middle of 2009.

Under request, you can have a student guest account, that has access to Pharmatopia, but only for 30 days. All the details for this guest access, here.

Pharmatopia is made by 3DI developers :

• Elpis Oh : Scripter, HUD maker, builder
• Gospel Voom : Builder and designer

Presentation of the Pharmatopia project by Dr. Ian Larson, Senior Lecturer

   A CALT podcast : Click to see and download the QT video (.mov) 27,9 Mo 14:37

The main information source :

 

Central area

 

Council Chambers

  

meeting place around the 3D map of the sim.

Amphitheatre

Under the Counsil chambers, a large place with a huge video screen.

Tabletting lab

The most interesting and detailed place of the sim.

Something like the NESIM project (Nursing education simulation) for pharmacy students : an amazing simulation.
Exhibitions and meetings are easy in Second Life but simulation using HUD are a next and higher step !

The webpage of the lab.

The virtual Pharmacy Tabletting laboratory : it’s all about Galenic.

The nine steps of the process

The video is produced by Radio Monash and CALT (CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND TEACHING), Monash University  : all the visit is explained.

Click to download this video (.mp4) 26,25 Mo 7:40

Women’s hospital of Greensboro

Last but not least, a work in progress of UNC is rez on the sim : the hospital of Greensboro.

First rezzed on UNC V : see this Flickr album

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More photos on Flickr

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Ref : Scienceroll

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

Second Life and Public Health

The University of Michigan’s Health Sciences Libraries have produced a video highlighting Second Life and Public Health. Second Life is a virtual world through which an active public health community is simulating disaster scenarios, creating interactive health games, offering people with disabilities a place for support and social networking, and providing a space for professionals to view presentations and attend international conferences. This video showcases the potential of this new media.

Visit of Play2Train (Asterix and Obelix sims), the nutrition game (Ohio University 188, 176, 27), the HealthInfo island, the Testis tour (OSU medicine Sim), Paris 1900 (jumps at the top of the Eiffel Tower) and …more.