Comments on: Medical schools are using Second Life to teach future doctors http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/medical-schools-are-using-second-life.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jen Needhamhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/medical-schools-are-using-second-life.html#comment-108219 Jen Needham Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:46:09 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/04/medical-schools-are-using-second-life-to-teach-future-doctors.html#comment-108219 Not just used in the UK - http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/15-can-medical-students-learn-to-save-real-lives-in-second-lifeThey train pilots in virtual simulators for the really bad/anomalous system failures. In fact, you could probably say that we landed on the moon thanks to virtual simulators. Not just used in the UK – http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/15-can-medical-students-learn-to-save-real-lives-in-second-life

They train pilots in virtual simulators for the really bad/anomalous system failures. In fact, you could probably say that we landed on the moon thanks to virtual simulators.

]]> By: Peter Yellowleeshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/medical-schools-are-using-second-life.html#comment-90775 Peter Yellowlees Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/04/medical-schools-are-using-second-life-to-teach-future-doctors.html#comment-90775 I think you are being a bit negative about the possibilities of Second Life in medical education. At UC Davis I and my colleagues have set up a "virtual psychosis" environment to teach students about the lived experience of schizophrenia - what it is like to have auditory and visual hallucinations. This has been highly successful. A sample "psychotic environment" is available in Second Life for all users to sample - put "hallucinations" into the SL search engine. I have also put a video clip on youtube - again "hallucinations" will find it. My view is that for role play, and team experiences, there is a real opportunity to use SL for medical education. Peter Yellowlees MD. www.informationagehealth.blogspot.com I think you are being a bit negative about the possibilities of Second Life in medical education. At UC Davis I and my colleagues have set up a “virtual psychosis” environment to teach students about the lived experience of schizophrenia – what it is like to have auditory and visual hallucinations. This has been highly successful. A sample “psychotic environment” is available in Second Life for all users to sample – put “hallucinations” into the SL search engine. I have also put a video clip on youtube – again “hallucinations” will find it. My view is that for role play, and team experiences, there is a real opportunity to use SL for medical education. Peter Yellowlees MD. http://www.informationagehealth.blogspot.com

]]> By: American Journal of Medicinehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/medical-schools-are-using-second-life.html#comment-90667 American Journal of Medicine Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/04/medical-schools-are-using-second-life-to-teach-future-doctors.html#comment-90667 On the opposite end of the medical education spectrum from Second Life, we recently published an editorial about the importance of bedside teaching. <br/><br/>Pamela Powers, MPH<br/>AJM Managing Editor On the opposite end of the medical education spectrum from Second Life, we recently published an editorial about the importance of bedside teaching.

Pamela Powers, MPH
AJM Managing Editor

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