Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world

Bertalan Mesko, MD
Bertalan Mesko, MDDoctor and health 2.0 speaker at Webicina.com
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
secondlife.com




 >20 million users
>30,000,000 hours
What does Second Life mean to
          people?
Game?               Work?                Tool?




  Location?                 Fun?


                                              ?
Sport?                       Demonstration?




              Appearance?
Registration
 Regisztráció




      Not real name

         Download, install
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
What can we do?

                      Fly

                    Teleport

                  Use vehicles

                  Animations

                    Sell-buy

                     Build
Communication


                Chat

                 IM

                Voice

                Video

                E-mail
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
How doctors and students use it?
Ann Myers Medical Center
     ammc.wordpress.com
Medical simulations and case presentations
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Cardiac murmurs
Imperial College of London
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Scifoo Camp
Scifoo Lives On
Scifoo Lives On
Scifoo Lives On
Genome Island
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Ontario Health Center
Ontario Health Center
Ontario Health Center
How can patients use it?
Healthinfo Island
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Virtual Ability
Virtual Support Center
SL Stroke
Following health events?

   slhealthy.wetpaint.com

 nature.com/secondnature

scifooliveson.wikispaces.com


      Scienceroll.com
No need to register
 No need to install
   Real names
Easy presentations
    Totally free
Medicine in Second Life, the virtual world
Thank you for your
    attention!


 berci.mesko@gmail.com

    Scienceroll.com

     Webicina.com
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