Sand Castle Studios (SLurl) has produced NESIM, a cool nursing simulation in Second Life.
John Miller, an instructor using the simulation, blogged about it here.
The snapshot (left) shows the instructor’s Heads Up Display (HUD) on the left and the student’s HUD on the right.
Using the HUD the instructor can make various physical things happen to the virtual patient (such as a sudden increase in blood pressure).
The student uses the HUD to respond with interventions such oxygen, various drugs, defibrillators, and so forth.
Here is the first of several YouTube videos about it. (You can see others on his blog.)
Students can work alone or in teams.
Very cool.
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John Miller did NOT create or produce NESIM. NESIM was created by by Markin Pau and Sand Castle Studios. John is simply one of the users of NESIM, providing feed back.
For more information on NESIM, please contact Gianna@ChangingWorldsBuildingDreams.com
Hello,
I am interesting in introducing Second Life in the school of Nursing at USF. How do I go about doing that.
Thanks
Maria Lens
I’d suggest contacting John Miller. He’s been very active in using Second Life for teaching nursing. His blog is at http://jsmillerrn.blogspot.com/