MRSA Serious Game Paper To Be Published In October

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

Springer publications website.

Serious Games on the Move Presentation

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.

mrsa-serious-game-conference-slides

Serious Games on the Move 2008

Virtual Medical Training - Infection Control

Ruth Lewis from the HSC Clinical Skills team, myself and Mark Shufflebottom, Lecturer in Interactive Design and researcher in IPE, have just completed work on an innovative virtual learning environment for use in medical training. 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 to create a web-based virtual simulation of an infection control scenario - an interactive environment allowing interprofessional education for pre-qualified and qualified staff and letting learners engage with the simulation, anytime, anyplace, anywhere……

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