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Medicine in Second Life,
the virtual world
Bertalan Meskó, MD
University of Debrecen, Hungary
Medical and Health Science Center
Webicina.com Scienceroll.com
Managing director and founder Author

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secondlife.com
>20 million users
>30,000,000 hours

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What does Second Life mean to
people?

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Game? Work? Tool?
Location? Fun?
?
Sport? Demonstration?
Appearance?

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Registration
Regisztráció
Not real name
Download, install

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What can we do?
Fly
Teleport
Use vehicles
Animations
Sell-buy
Build

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Communication
Chat
IM
Voice
Video
E-mail

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Advantages Disadvantages
3D! Non-controllable
Fast communication Driven by money...
Appearance Slow, requires serious
hardware
Video, audio, images,
animations Hard to use
Presence! Not exactly real

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How doctors and students use it?

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Ann Myers Medical Center
ammc.wordpress.com

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Medical simulations and case presentations

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Cardiac murmurs

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Imperial College of London

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Scifoo Camp

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Scifoo Lives On

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Scifoo Lives On

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Scifoo Lives On

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Genome Island

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Ontario Health Center

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Ontario Health Center

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Ontario Health Center

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How can patients use it?

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Healthinfo Island

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Virtual Ability

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Virtual Support Center

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SL Stroke

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Following health events?
slhealthy.wetpaint.com
nature.com/secondnature
scifooliveson.wikispaces.com
Scienceroll.com

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No need to register
No need to install
Real names
Easy presentations
Totally free

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Thank you for your
attention!
berci.mesko@gmail.com
Scienceroll.com
Webicina.com