The document outlines plans to construct a virtual healthcare environment for educational purposes. It describes Seton Hall University, which will be recreated virtually. Goals include using the virtual world to help healthcare administration and nursing students practice workflow processes and handling surge capacity. The project involves collaborative design between faculty and instructional designers to build the virtual world replica based on hospital blueprints and photos. Scenarios and activities will be created to encourage interaction and collaboration while simulating real-life healthcare situations. The virtual environment will undergo pilot testing and evaluation.

1. Constructing a Virtual
Healthcare Environment
Anne Hewitt, PhD | Jamesetta Halley-Boyce, PhD
Danielle Mirliss, MA | Wendiann Sethi, MA |
Riad Twal, EdS

2. Session Outline
Previous
Planning
Institution Virtual Collaborative Results /
Virtual Virtual Tour
Overview World Design Next Steps
Activities
Projects
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3. Institution Overview
 4-year Private / Catholic
 Main Campus in South Orange, NJ
 Law School in Newark
 10,000 students
 5,300 undergraduate enrollment
 Student to Faculty ratio: 14:1
 Average class size: 20
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4. AUDIENCE POLL
Have you utilized a
Yes
Virtual World
Environment (SecondLife) No
for an academic project
in the last 12 months?
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5. Previous Virtual World Projects
 Disaster Preparedness Graduate
M ASTERS OF H EALTHCARE A DMINISTRATION
 House of 7 Gables Undergraduate & Graduate
E NGLISH
 Salt Marsh Dynamics Undergraduate
G EOLOGY
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6. Planning Virtual Activities – Goals
Master of Healthcare Administration:
Solve a patient-flow crisis in the ED
Skill development – workflow processes and
surge capacity
Master in Nursing Administration:
Analyzing Hospital Patient Flow and
Revenue Capture
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7. Collaborative Design – Process
• Project Selection
• Identification of Partners
• Role Delineation
• Implementation Timeline
• Assessment Opportunities
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8. Collaborative Design
 Iterative process
 Blueprints > SecondLife layout > SecondLife Building
 Team Approach
 Faculty
 Instructional Designer
 Second Life Builder
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9. Collaborative Design – Environment
Web search for relevant examples
Collect Resources: Hospital
blueprints, ED photos,
equipment, signage
Adaptation from real-life to
virtual world (size, entrance/exits,
placements)
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10. Collaborative Design
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12. Collaborative Design - Scenario
 Shared Course Content
 Overlapping Knowledge and Skill Goals
 Logical Progression of Learning Activity
 Avatar Description and Roles
 Script and Supporting Material Design
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13. Collaborative Design –
Criteria for Scenario
 Encourages Interactivity
 Supports Collaboration
 Can be maniputalted to simulate real-life events
 Permits Situativity
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15. Next Steps
Scholarship: Development:
 Petersheim Academic  Additional Scenarios
Exposition  Partnership with Clinical
Programs
 Strategic Planning
Exercise – Hospital
Expansion
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16. Future Plans
 Fall 2012 Pilot test with students
 Bloom’s taxonomy for success
 IRB for student satisfaction survey
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17. Anne Hewitt Seton Hall University
Anne.Hewitt@shu.edu
Jamesetta Halley-Boyce Seton Hall University
Jamesetta.Halley-Boyce@shu.edu
Danielle Mirliss Seton Hall University
Danielle.Mirliss@shu.edu
Wendiann Sethi Seton Hall University
Wendiann.Sethi@shu.edu
Riad Twal Seton Hall University
Riad.Twal@shu.edu