Friday, April 17, 2009

Tuberous Sclerosis Virtual Information Centre

http://ts-virtualinfocentre.co.uk/
Tuberous Sclerosis Virtual Information Centre created within the virtual world,


Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Mental Health
http://www.onlinetherapyinstitute.com/id43.html

Personal Construct Theory
Personal Construct Theory (PCT) represents a coherent, comprehensive psychology of personality that has special relevance for psychotherapy. Originally drafted by the American psychologist George Kelly in 1955, PCT has been extended to a variety of domains, including organizational development, education, business and marketing, and cognitive science. However, its predominant focus remains on the study of individuals, families, and social groups, with particular emphasis on how people organize and change their views of self and world in the counseling context.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Second Life Education Videos

http://sleducation.ning.com/video

SpeakEasy

Welcome to SpeakEasy!

INTRODUCTION
SpeakEasy will save you time during events, training seminars or on other occasions where you need to speak a lot of text to a group of people and don't really have the time to type it all out (or your typing is rotten, like mine). SpeakEasy reads text from a notecard and speaks it in public chat, as if it were coming from you.

HUD

i have it in my inventory

Sunday, January 11, 2009

virtual Health Care Community Discussion on January 3, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YghepF0uv3E (Suggestions to be send to obama)
http://www.chilbo.org/blog/2009/01/obama-transition-team-healthcare-discussion-in-sl/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmpQ4Pfpzpo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gk9MGFbBIU
(Network Culture Project - Public Good Challenge)



http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2008/03/09/immersionism-and-augmentationism-revisited/
Immersionism vs. Augmentism" on SL'

Monday, January 05, 2009

10 Tips for How to Use Web 2.0 in Medicine -serach engines, communities, info for patients..physicans

http://scienceroll.com/2007/06/08/10-tips-for-how-to-use-web-20-in-medicine/

1. Do you have a Second Life?

Second Life is a virtual world where you can establish your second life. If you’re a patient, then you should try it how it is like to lie in a CT scan or ask a virtual doctor about your problems at the Ann Myers Medical Center.

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If you’re a physician, take part in constructing the future of medical education. Train medical students and nurses in the virtual medical center.

2. User-based sites

For patients: sites like Sugarstats.com or Traineo.com are created for users to make it easier to track one’s insulin intake or weight loss. These sites can give you the motivation and support to reach your goals regarding your health.

For physicians: check out Pimp Notes (an open-source notes project for medical students and doctors in training); OttoBib (make a bibliography easily) or Zoho (create presentations online).

3. Medical wikis

Web 2.0 based databases make it easier to track the changes of a medical specialty or you can even edit-write the articles yourself. If you’re a patient, use Wikipedia (start with Medicine Portal or Medicine Category).

If you’re a physician, browse among the great medical wikis created and maintained by physicians from around the world (you may start with Ask Dr Wiki).

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4. Communities

Web 2.0 is based on communities and collaboration. If you’re a patient, find people dealing with the same health challenge at MDjunction.com. You can find online support groups, join health communities or just read about your medical problems described by others.

If you’re a physician, join one of the best medical communities at Tiromed.com. Ask a mentor or become a mentor. Upload your CV and find collaborators from around the world, or find a job via this community. Sermo.com is great as well.

5. Medical blogs

Medical blogs (web log or internet diary) provide content and express opinion on healthcare that you can never find in a medical paper. First, let’s surf among patients’ blogs:

* Diabetes Mine
* Chronic Babe
* Life with CF
* The Furry Monkey
* Fight Pompe

And you should check out these medical blogs as well:

* Doc in the Machine
* EmergiBlog
* Eye on DNA
* GruntDoc
* Kevin, MD
* Tales from the Womb
* The Gene Sherpa

6. Blog Carnivals

If you don’t have time to run through all of these blogs and other sites, then blog carnivals are created for you! These carnivals collect the best posts on a subject from time to time.

* Grand rounds: the weekly blog carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere
* Mendel’s Garden: this carnival is devoted to genetics
* Gene Genie: a carnival on genes and gene-related diseases
* Many other medical blog carnivals


Source

7. Medical Search Engines:

Search engines (like Google, Yahoo) don’t select among sources, that’s why many of the medical search results can’t be relevant. But medical search engines use peer-reviewed sources and sites selected by experts providing the most relevant and reliable medical information of the best quality:

* Healthline
* MedHunt
* Mamma Health
* Omni Medical Search

8. Medical Podcasts and Videocasts:

Reading blogs is even easier and more comfortable with podcasts and videocasts. A podcast is a portable audio file (a videocast is a video file) that you can listen to while working, doing exercises or just sitting in a traffic jam.

Medical podcasts:

* ACC Conversations with Experts
* Journal of the American Medical Association
* New England Journal of Medicine
* Lancet
* John Hopkins Medicine
* iCritical Care Podcast

Videocasts:

* National Institute of Health VideoCasting
* Cleveland Clinic Videocast

You also have to know about web conferences. Read more about MedPresence at the Human Productivity Lab.

9. Medical content, content, content:

What I love the most in web 2.0? The free content! Let’s browse among the medical videos on VideoJug; the medical image collections of Flickr or find interesting cases at Clinicalcases.org.

10. Your Choice!

The 10th tip is your choice! We’re curious about how you use web 2.0 in medicine even if you’re a patient or a physician. So tell us!

You can read more about web 2.0 and medicine on Scienceroll.

Top 10: Virtual Medical Sites in Second Life!

http://scienceroll.com/2007/06/17/top-10-virtual-medical-sites-in-second-life/

1. Ann Myers Medical Center: it aims to assist students to become more proficient in initial exam history and physicals; to become more proficient in the analysis of MRIs, CTs and X-rays. You can join to take part in the first medical simulation (maybe this July). TELEPORT!

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2. Heart Murmurs: a great example of educational possibilities in Second Life as you can listen to cardiac murmurs. TELEPORT

3. The Gene Pool: far the best genetic educational place in Second Life. Quizes, animations and you can even wear your favourite chromosome. TELEPORT

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4. Virtual Neurological Education Centre: it allows the medical field an online virtual environment for training and demonstrating a virtual experience of a neurological disorder. TELEPORT

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5. Wheelies @ Second Ability: A place for people with disability. You can even try how it is like to use a wheelchair. TELEPORT

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6. Medical Library at Health Info Island: you can do PubMed searches from Second Life; find people at the Medical Research Desk or at the Consumer Health Information Desk. A growing medical virtual community! TELEPORT

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7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: according to the National Review of Medicine, they are one of the early adopters. They consider Second Life as an educational opportunity they just couldn’t pass up. TELEPORT

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8. UC Davis’ Virtual Hallucinations: they’re not kidding. You can experience virtual hallucinations. TELEPORThallucin.jpg

9. Hottie Hospital: Play doctors and nurses, be a patient or a cute receptionist. Gynaecology, sperm donation, sexgen therapy, medical examination… TELEPORT

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10. RX Pirates: a really strange museum. TELEPORT

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10+1: Play2Train: Play2Train will provide opportunities for training through interactive role playing and will be the foundation for our emergency preparedness educational machinima. Short demo scene of mass casualty incident simulation:

I hope you enjoyed this journey into the medical world of Second Life. I hope these sites and hospitals will play an important role in the future of medical education.