1. Medical & Psychological Sites in Second Life: Mind, Body & Spirit Elisabeth Jacobsen Library Director, Trinitas Hospital Elizabeth, New Jersey ILC Monterey, California Oct 30, 2007

2. Clinical Education & Training in SL…

3. Virtual Training Hospitals * Ann Myers Medical Ctr College of Radiology & Allied Health

4. Why? Immersive environment Interactive: voice/chat Networking: global Safe patient simulations Recreates RL w/o limits Scripted Unscripted

5. Who? * Attendings * Residents * Interns * Students * Nurses * Allied Health

6. What do they do? Case presentations Class discussions Patient scenarios Continuing Education

7. Exploring Virtual Applications Benefits: – international collaboration – potential real life patient - doctor interaction – unrestricted by real life limitations – encourages thinking “out of the box” Drawbacks : Unreliable internet connections Unpredictable problems in- world: * Griefing lag rolling startups SL bugs

8. A day in the life of a virtual doctor…

9. College of Allied Health & Sciences hands-on learning with interactive exhibits online classes – CE – Certification variety of classes offered – phlebotomy class, lectures & labs – EKG readings & labs – chemistry labs – biology labs

10. Traditional and non-traditional tools for learning

11. The Imperial College of London’s Virtual Hospital

12. Marketing Strategy: from RL to SL to RL * Promotional * Limited CH education * Limited development * Links to RL * Showcase

13. Target Training & Education

14. The Virtual Neurological Education Ctr VNEC Educational tools Interactive simulations Consumer Health Professional Referring links Free

15. VNEC Interactive Motor Simulations

16. Information in a box…

17. Emergency Preparedness Training in SL: Play2Train Interactive role playing designed to support: – Incident Command System – Tabletop exercises – Emergency Services – Simple Triage training – Risk Communication

18. Dioramas: full scale replicas for scenario training Pandemics: Influenza Natural Disasters Bioterrorism – practice preparedness & response – Quarantine training mobile care facilities triage treatment Audience: –Clinical – Police, Fire, EMS – Administration – Local & State officials – business leaders – community

19. Recognizing the importance of research… Play2Train’s Interactive Medical Library

20. Custom design Learning: Hyperstring Designers for hire State of the art virtual classrooms Closed learning environment Limited only by imagination and $$$

21. Health Info Island: A growing mission and vision Consumer Health information Education Clinical research Reference links CME Directory of research/education groups in SL Experiment & develop new ways of interaction & communication

22. The Virtual Medical Library Designed by Librarians – Consumer Health – Professionals – Partnerships: NLM & NIH – Not staffed Chatbot QuestionPoint

23. Leading to Water: links to information …

24. Psychological Support in SL

25. What is Cybertherapy? Defined as the use of computer technology to provide mental health services Different than traditional therapy –Utilizes new forms of communication »Internet: email, webcam »Phone Avatar therapy –Use of avatar to explore issues »Gender identification, Phobias, Disability, »Addictions, Social isolation and more…

26. Virtual Mental Health Services ** Advantages: –Anonymous if desired –Provides for those who are ill, do not have a car or can’t drive – simulates traditional face-to-face therapy through avatars ** Disadvantages: - internet connection woes - time zones - lack of physical cues - lack of inflection if not using voice communication

27. SL Mental Health Support: Discussion Groups, Individual Therapy

28. Professional Help for a fee or self-help for free Fee based Counseling The Centering Place Library: “notecard” books

29. At MD Kiosk: videos available for free or purchase. Learning about anxiety

30. Prepared with the help of Brielle Coronet