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How Doctors, Nurses,
Allied Health Professionalsand Patients Use Second Life
Robin M. Ashford, MSLISMay 5, 2010
2010 ICSI/IHI Colloquium on Health Care Transformation
What is Second Life® – The Internets largest user created, 3D virtual world community – It’s NOT a game
http://secondlife.com/whatis/
More about Second Life (SL)
Launched in 2003 - 18 million plus registered users from over 150 countries - approximately 45% from U.S. (currently approx. 1.4 million active users - i.e., those logged in during last 60 days) It's large - If it was a physical place, it would cover 1.8 billion square meters of land which is about the size of Houston, Texas
Used by hundreds of enterprises, governments, and educational institutions Anyone in Second Life can create content and it's easy to do It has a vibrant "in-world" (inside SL) economy - over $360 million USD in user-to-user transactions in 2009 http://work.secondlife.com/en-US/whyslwork/whatis/
About Me
A Consumer Health Librarian’sNational Library of Medicine Funded Project in Second Life®
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dd9g7wzv_783gtqsdrf7
Karuna Island - HIV/AIDS Support & Education
The Karuna Resource Center Reference Desk
Medical Training & Patient Advising: Ann Myers Medical Center (AMMC)
http://ammc.wordpress.com/
AMMC - Welcome from Dr. Vera Zhaoying
AMMC Tour
Health Center for Women
Information and Health Training for Women
Resources & Contact Info
Mammogram Machine
Breast Self Exam Technique Training
Click Numbers for Steps in Text and Avatar Movement
AMMC - Emergency to Recovery Training
AMMC - Emergency Training
AMMC – Emergency Psychiatry Information and on-call RL Psychiatrist
Founder of the Second Life Medical Association for Physicians and Medics-395 member
Ren Stonecutter – Real Life (RL) Board Certified Family Physician, Assistant Visiting Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia
“Finally there are emerging in SL actual professional groups and associations of r/l health care practitioners who offer counseling, medical advice, and limited care as part of their SL personas. A few sims now exist in SL where r/l medical education is being undertaken using the virtual world as a platform.”
Cont: http://tinyurl.com/y6f3mgw
J Med Internet Res 2010;12(1):e1 URL: http://www.jmir.org/2010/1/e1/
METHODS: “We designed anddelivered a pilot postgraduate medical education program in the virtual world, Second Life.”
METHODS: “We designed anddelivered a pilot postgraduate medical education program in the virtual world, Second Life.”
Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education - Second Life Presentation http://www.slideshare.net/ldorland/learning-3444153
Goals • Explore the potential of VWs for medical education • Explore possible instructional design approaches • Understand the barriers and limitations • Measure participant learning outcomes and feedback
Participants • 14 primary care physicians • Average 16 yrs in practice • 7 states, all doing it from home • 3 with some SL experience • Average of 78 minutes coaching time with each doctor Wiecha J, Heyden R, Sternthal E, Merialdi MLearning in a Virtual World: Experience With Using Second Life for Medical EducationJ Med Internet Res 2010;12(1):e1 URL: http://www.jmir.org/2010/1/e1/
Continuing Medical Education – Docs in SL
Mock Patient With Medical History - Type 2 Diabetes
Comments from the Docs
Douglas R. Danforth, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology Director - Ohio State University, College of Medicine
Creator of famous SL Testis & Ovary Tours: Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEk48Sc9UaM Tour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1YuRSyzBAE New work with artificial intelligence (AI) bots developed to instruct medical students in medical history taking skills
Ohio State University SL Medical Center
Sign gives AI avatar patient's medical history notecard
Pre-programmed AI Avatar “Bot” as Patient
AI Demonstration
Question to AI avatar patient: "Are you having any pain” Answer - "Yes, I have had crampy pain on the right side on and off that started this morning” Second Q & A - "How bad is the pain” – “It is about a 2/10”
Simulations - Tacoma Community College of Nursing
Medical Simulation in the Virtual World of Second Life by MUVErs:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkuLAOzL0zU
Simulation Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkuLAOzL0zU
Cerner - Clinical and Healthcare Management Solutions Perioperative Demo Live in SL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mypoYVmlThI
Cerner Corporation - Radiology
Radiology and Pharmacy
HealthInfo Island: Path of Support - Information Notecard: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVnZ4lEPaETWZGQ5Zzd3enZfOTUxYzdxcmo0ZnI&hl=en
Mental Health & Disabilities GroupsDo Online Groups Help? by John Norris:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVnZ4lEPaETWZGQ5Zzd3enZfMTAzMjhnbjZoMmRu&hl=en
Health Support Groups
American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_TX/COM_5_1x_The_Society_in_Second_Life.asp
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic – Presentations
Example: Mayo Clinic to Host Colon Cancer Event in Second Lifehttp://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2010/03/30/mayo-clinic-to-host-colon-cancer-event-in-second-life/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Library of Medicine
Case Study: Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago - Preparing for a Disaster Without Disrupting Patient Care
”A virtual world allows us to engage our employees in an experience… for situations and events that we can’t replicate in the real world.” – Judi Smith, Information Management Department,
Strategic Projects, Children’s Memorial Hospital Chicago
http://work.secondlife.com/en-US/successstories/case/chmc/
Case Study: CIGNA–vielife in Second Life: Engaging and Interactive Health & Lifestyle Training for the Global Workforce
"vielife's goals were simple: to discover how participants would respond to a virtual learning environment and assess what kind
of behavior modification could be achieved”
PDF of case study with images available at: http://work.secondlife.com/en-US/successstories/case/cigna/
Future hospital? In SL and RL:
Palomar West
YouTube Video http://tinyurl.com/yypdl2x
Healthcare of the Future: The Second Health London Local Community Hospital and Polyclinic http://tinyurl.com/mee6tk
Future implications? Virtual World Statistics http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?p=3943
Q4 2009: 803 million registered accounts in approximately 400 virtual worlds
K-Zero, a UK research firm, forecast: virtual worlds will continue to grow and develop with approximately 900 such platforms being available to the public by 2012
Contact & Resources
Robin M. Ashford, MSLIS IM Robin Mochi in Second Life
Email – robinmashford@gmail.comTwitter - http://twitter.com/rashfordBlog - http://librarianbydesign.blogspot.com/Posterous Blog - http://robinashford.posterous.com/Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/25095603@N07/YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/rashfordDelicious - http://delicious.com/rashfordSlideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/RobinAshfordLinkedIn - http://tinyurl.com/25pwl92FriendFeed - http://friendfeed.com/rashford
Google doc of resources used in this presentation and more:http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVnZ4lEPaETWZGQ5Zzd3enZfOTM5ZDU1OWdxZGQ&hl=en