Bertalan Meskó, MD, discusses the impact of Second Life, a virtual world with over 20 million users, on medicine and health sciences. The platform offers various uses, from simulations and presentations to support for patients, while also having inherent advantages and disadvantages. Medical professionals and students leverage Second Life for enhanced communication and presentations, emphasizing its innovative potential in healthcare.

1. 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

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

3. What does Second Life mean to
people?

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

5. Registration
Regisztráció
Not real name
Download, install

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

8. Communication
Chat
IM
Voice
Video
E-mail

9. 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

10. How doctors and students use it?

11. Ann Myers Medical Center
ammc.wordpress.com

12. Medical simulations and case presentations

17. Cardiac murmurs

18. Imperial College of London

21. Scifoo Camp

22. Scifoo Lives On

23. Scifoo Lives On

24. Scifoo Lives On

25. Genome Island

28. Ontario Health Center

29. Ontario Health Center

30. Ontario Health Center

31. How can patients use it?

32. Healthinfo Island

34. Virtual Ability

35. Virtual Support Center

36. SL Stroke

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

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

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