The Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London has developed a region in Second Life that aims to design game-based learning activities for delivery of virtual patients that can drive experiential, diagnostic, and role-play learning activities supporting patients’ diagnoses, investigations and treatment. Phase II of this project introduces a multi-patient approach. Five virtual patients suffering from different respiratory problems, such as: Lung Cancer, Pneumothorax and Pneumonia have been implemented. The same narrative and activity model is applied for all the patients. More demanded feedback and guidance for cyclical content have been introduced in this phase.

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(Don’t forget to register at the Reception to be able to access the virtual hospital).

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Pulse!! is an interactive virtual environment simulating operational health-care facilities, procedures and systems. The game-based platform is being designed as a cognitive, experiential learning tool for military and civilian health-care providers. This state-of-the-art simulator employs cutting-edge technologies to create a realistic, complex, high-fidelity virtual health-care lab.

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Three interesting recent items concerning the Nintendo DS and Handheld Learning….don’t forget to also check out our HEAT Project information if you’ve missed it.

Game based learning – A report on three Primary 6 classes from schools in Dundee taking part in a Consolarium project to show how computer games can impact on and enhance learning in classrooms in a practical, accessible and manageable way.

A blog post on a report on educational uses of the Nintendo DS in Japan from Newsweek.

Nintendo Backs Handheld Learning – Handheld Learning recently announced that Nintendo is an official sponsor of the Handheld Learning Conference and Exhibition, to be held on 10-12th October 2007 at Central Hall Westminster, London. This is great news and a really interesting conference to attend if you’re in London.