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Various links about the use of twitter with diabetes sufferers. First off, in 2007 to increase awareness of Diabetes and raise money for the ADA Scott Hanselman twittered his diabetes…..
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Tu Diabetes has Success with Twitter
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BBC News reports on a 3D simulation of radiotherapy treatment in which students are able to use a remote control to “give” the right dose in the right place on the image of a cancer patient’s body, which beamed onto a large screen
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John Halamka describes the Kindle and Ipod Touch/iPhone as devices with great potential for medical education….
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People who are obese in the real world will get the opportunity to participate in a research project conducted entirely in the virtual world to help their avatars - and hopefully their real-life selves - lose weight and get in better shape……
Source : SF Gate
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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.
(Don’t forget to register at the Reception to be able to access the virtual hospital).
Source : Jiscmail
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Our paper (written with Mark Shufflebottom) presented at Serious Games on the move 2008 will be published by SpringerWienNewYork in October 2008:
Serious Games on the Move
Petrovic, Otto; Brand, Anthony (Eds.)
2009, Approx. 500 p., Softcover
ISBN: 978-3-211-09417-4
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Just back from presenting a paper at the Serious Games Conference with Mark Shufflebottom focusing on the production of a serious game. The project, a collaboration between the School of Heath and Social Care and NHS South West, was one of three HSC e-learning initiatives granted funding during 2007. Mark worked with myself and Ruth Lewis from the HSC Clinical Skills team to create a web-based virtual simulation of an infection control scenario. This presentation included a brief q and a and a demo of the application.
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Google’s online filing cabinet for medical records opened to the public on 19th May, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories while reigniting privacy concerns writes Rachel Metz….
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Glucoboy was launched on World Diabetes Day back in November. It is claimed to be the first blood glucose meter to improve diabetes management using video game technology. The device encourages children with type 1 diabetes to test their blood glucose levels by unlocking new characters and secret game levels available in one of five games.
Source: Gamers For Health
