Nursing Education in 3D-Leveraging Virtual
Worlds and Immersive Learning
Simulations
Games4Health, Virtual Worlds
Boston, June 10, 2009
John Miller RN, MN
Cathy Walker

Flight Simulator
John's Games X http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulat
orx
Second Life, Avilion
(medieval role play)
SecondLife.com
Avert Fate (mech bot
shooter)
http://unity3d.com/gallery
/live-demos/avert-fate

Cathy's Games Tesco.com
PBS Arthur Supermarket
HealthEatingIsInStore.ca

World Interaction
– Second Life Evergreen Island
– Live virtual world interaction with people
in the US as well as worldwide.
– 70,000 simultaneous users
– 1.4 million accounts logins last 60 days
– Music, the arts, science, literature,
corporate, non-profit, higher education
Live demonstration in 3D virtual world

Medical support groups
– Many medical support groups in Second
Life (VirtualAbility.org)
– Students and medical professionals can
interact and contribute.
Live demonstration in 3D virtual world

Patient Simulation
– Interactive objects for assessments,
medications and other treatments
– Single or group
– Programmed robot avatar as patient
– Training for students and faculty
– Recorded interactions
– Demonstration mode for faculty
– Real time communication
Live demonstration in 3D virtual world

Tools created for simulations
– Limits within Second Life for building, scripting, and
animations, which have to be respected.
– MUI, a GUI HUD for avatars to wear.
– Instructor presentation MUI for demonstrations,
modifications.
– Searchable student database with records of performance
for instructor.

Contact
MUVErs, LLC: http://muvers.org
– Presentation slides
– Video links
– Blog links
– Email
– Skype, ooVoo
– Second Life avatars
John Miller, Co-founder of MUVErs and nursing faculty at
Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA USA,
http://www.tacomacc.edu/home/jmiller/index.htm
Cathy Walker, Co-founder of MUVErs, faculty and technology
director, St. Vincent de Paul, Rogers, AR USA