Healthcare education with virtual-world simulations

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 89-99

  Chodos, David ^a   Stroulia, Eleni ^a   Boechler, Patricia ^a   King, Sharla ^a   Kuras, Pawel ^a   Carbonaro, Michael ^a   De Jong, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical education; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS; COMMUNICATION SKILLS; ENGINEERING PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE EDUCATION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HIGH COSTS; LEARNING-BY-DOING; TRAINING METHODS; TRAINING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

APPRENTICES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 77954950416     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1809085.1809097     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (45)

1. th Edition, Version 1.1. Website, retrieved March 2, 2010 from http://www.adlnet.gov/ Technologies/scorm/SCORMSDocuments/2004%204th%20Edition/Documentation.aspx.
2. Ann Myers Medical Centre. 2009. Website, retrieved November 15, 2009, http://ammc.wordpress.com.
3. The Arch Network. 2010. University of Western Australia hosts architecture competition in SL, gathering ideas for a real-world building. Website, retrieved March 2, 2010 from http://archvirtual.com/?p=2035.
4. Armentrout, M. 2008. Transportation Incident Management: Using 3D Virtual Worlds to Train First Responders. Published by Forterra Systems.
5. Brown, J.S., Collins, A. and Duguid, P. 1989. Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational Researcher, 32-42.
6. Cai, H., Sun, B., Farh, P., Ye, M. 2008. Virtual Learning Services Over 3D Internet: Patterns and Case Studies. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, 2, 213-219.
7. Cantrell, M.J. and Deloney, L.A. 2007. Integration of Standardized Patients into Simulation. In Anesthesiology Clinics, 25, 2 (June 2007), 377-383.
8. Carbonaro, M., Cutumisu, M., Duff, H., Gillis, S., Onuczko, C., Siegel, J., Schaeffer, J., Schumacher, A., Szafron, D., and Waugh, K. 2008. Interactive story authoring: a viable form of creative expression for the classroom. Computers & Education, 51, 2, 687-707.
9. Carbonaro, M., King, S., Taylor, E., Satzinger, F., Snart, F., and Drummond, J. 2008. Integration of e-learning technologies in an inter-professional health science course. Medical Teacher, 30, 1, 25-33.
10. Carpenter, E., Kim, I., Arns, L., Dutta-Berman, M.J., and Madhavan, K. 2006. Developing a 3D Simulated Bio-terror Crises Communication Training Module. In VRST '06: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology, New York, NY, USA, 342-345.
11. Cho, B., Jeonghun, K., Dong, P. J., Saebyul, K., Yong, H. L., In, Y. K., Jang, H. L., and Sun, I. K. 2002. The effect of virtual reality cognitive training for attention enhancement. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 5, 2, 129-137. (Pubitemid 34507149)
12. Collins, A. 1991. Cognitive Apprenticeship and Instructional Technology. In Educational Values and Cognitive Instruction: Implications for Reform, Idol, L. and Jones, B.F., editors, pages 121-138, Lawrence Erlbaum.
13. Duffy, T.M. and Jonassen, D.H. 1992. Constructivism: New Implications for Instructional Technology. In Constructivism and the technology of instruction: a conversation, T.M. Duffy and D.H. Jonassen, editors, Lawrence Erlbaum.
14. Eder-Van Hook, J. 2004. Building a National Agenda for Simulation-based Medical Education. Retrieved from http://www.medsim.org/articles/AIMS-2004- Report-Simulation-based-Medical-Training.pdf in February, 2009. Published in 2004.
15. Heinrichs, L.W., et al. 2008. Simulation for team training and assessment: case studies of online training with virtual worlds. World Journal of Surgery, 32, 2, 161-170.
16. Hoffman, H. 2004. Virtual-reality therapy. Scientific American, 291, 2, 58-65.
17. Jackson, R.L., and Fagan, E. 2000. Collaboration and Learning within Immersive Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Collaborative Virtual Environments, New York, NY, USA, 83-92.
18. Järvelä, S. 1995. The Cognitive Apprenticeship Model in a Technologically Rich Environment: Interpreting the Learning Interaction. Learning and Instruction, 5, 231-259.
19. Johnson, C., Vorderstrasse, A., and Shaw, R. 2009. Virtual Worlds in Health Care Higher Education. Journal Of Virtual Worlds Research, 2, 2.
20. Lang, A. and Bradley, J.C. 2009. Chemistry in Second Life. Chemistry Central Journal, 3, 14. Available online at http://journal.chemistrycentral.com/ content/3/1/14.
21. Mcdonald, C.L. 2009. The Pulse!! Collaboration: Academe & Industry, Building Trust. Presentation given at the 17th Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, January 19-22, 2009, Long Beach, CA.
22. Mehrabian, A. 1972. Nonverbal Communication. Chicago: Aldine-Atherton.
23. Mowafil, M.Y., et al. 2004. Distributed interactive virtual environments for collaborative medical education and training: design and characterization. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 98, 259-61.
24. Nakasone, A., Prendinger, H., Holland, S., Hut, P., Makino, J., and Miura, K. 2009. AstroSim: Collaborative Visualization of an Astrophysics Simulation in Second Life. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 29, 5, 69-81.
25. Piaget, J. 1968. Six Psychological Studies, Anita Tenzer (Trans.), New York: Vintage Books.
26. Pulse!! 2009. Website, retrieved October 24, 2009, http://www.sp.tamucc. edu/pulse/home.asp.
27. Razorback Hospital. 2010. Website, retrieved January 13, 2010, http://vw.ddns.uark.edu/index.php?page=overview.
28. Rizzo, A.A., Buckwalter, J.G., Bowerly, T., Van Der Zaag, C., Humphrey, L., Neumann, U., Chua, C., Kyriakakis, C., Van Rooyen, A., and Sisemore, D. 2000. The Virtual Classroom: A Virtual Reality Environment for the Assessment and Rehabilitation of Attention Deficits. In CyberPsychology & Behavior, (June 2000), 3, 3, 483-499.
29. Rosas, R., Nussbaum, M., Cumsille, P., Marianov, V., Correa, M., Flores, P., Grau, V., Lagos, F., López, X., López, V., Rodriguez, P., and Salinas, M. 2003. Beyond Nintendo: design and assessment of educational video games for first and second grade students. In Computers & Education, 40, 1, 71-94.
30. Rose, F.D., Attree, E.A., Brooks, B.M., Parslow, D.M., Penn, P.R., and Ambihaipahan, N. 2000. Training in virtual environments: Transfer to real world tasks and equivalence to real task training. Ergonomics. 43, 4, (April 2000), 494- 511. (Pubitemid 30218777)
31. Schank, R. and Abelson, R.P. 1977. Scripts, Plans, Goals and Understanding; An inquiry into human knowledge structures. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
32. Schroeder, U. and Spannagel, C. 2006. Supporting the active learning process. International Journal on E-learning, 5, 2, 245-264.
33. Second Health. 2009. Website, retrieved September 3, 2009, http://secondhealth.wordpress.com.
34. So, H. J. and Brush, T.A. 2008. Student perceptions of collaborative learning, social presence and satisfaction in a blended learning environment: Relationships and critical factors. Computers and Education, 51, 318-336.
35. Stein, D. S. and Wanstreet, C. E. 2003. Role of Social Presence, Choice of Online or Face-to-Face Format, and Satisfaction with Perceived Knowledge Gained in a Distance Learning Environment. Paper presented at the Midwest Research to Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing and Community Education. [Online at: http://www.alumniosu.org/midwest%20papers/Stein%20&%20Wanstreet- Done.pdf] Retrieved: 9 May, 2004.
36. Stevens, A., Hernandez, J., Johnsen, K., Dickerson, R., Raij, A., Harrison, C., DiPietro, M., Allen, B., Ferdig, R., Foti, S., Jackson, J., Shin, M., Cendan, J., Watson, R., Duerson, M., Lok, B., Cohen, M., Wagner, P., and Lind, D.S. 2006. The use of virtual patients to teach medical students history taking and communication skills. The American Journal of Surgery, 806-811.
37. Stroulia, E., Chodos, D., Boers, N. M., Huang, J., Gburzynski, P., and Nikolaidis, I. 2009. Software Engineering for Health Education and Care Delivery Systems: The Smart Condo Project. Software Engineering and Healthcare workshop (at ICSE 2009), May 18-19, 2009, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
38. Vergara, V., Caudell, T., Goldsmith, T., Panaiotis, Alverson D. 2008. Knowledge-driven Design of Virtual Patient Simulations. In Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 5.
39. Vygotsky, L. 1978. Mind in Society. London: Harvard University Press.
40. Waller, D., Knapp, D., and Hunt, E. 2001. Spatial representations of virtual mazes: The role of visual fidelity and individual differences. Human Factors. 43, 1, 147-158.
41. Wilfred, L., Hall, R., Hilgers, M., Leu, M., Hortenstine, J., Walker, C., and Reddy, M. 2004. Training in Affectively Intense Virtual Environments. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Chesapeake, VA, 2233-2240.
42. Wolf, P.G. Fern Seed: Population Genetics & Lifecycle Simulations. Website, retrieved March 2, 2010, http://fernseed.usu.edu/virtual-ferns.
43. Wheeler, S. 2005. Creating social presence in digital learning environments: A presence of mind? Proceedings of TAFE Conference, Queensland, Australia.
44. Yee, N. 2006. Motivations for Play in Online Games. CyberPsychology & Behavior, (December 2006), 9, 6, 772- 775.
45. Zheng, D., Young, M.F., Wagner, M.M., and Brewer, R.A. 2009. Negotiation for Action: English Language Learning in Game-Based Virtual Worlds. The Modern Language Journal, 93, 4, 489-511.