School of Health – Virtual Worlds

This was a small scale qualitative evaluation of the lecturers’ (researchers’) and students’ experience of using Second Life in order to learn decision-making. Students assumed Avatars (a student nurse image in Second Life) and accessed the Clinical Simulation Laboratory within Second Life following changing into nursing uniform. They then worked through a scenario [...]

This is Colin. He is a virtual patient Bot who can talk. He is used to help qualified nurses to take a diagnostic patient history. He also has embedded heart sounds in his chest. The students can click on his chest in the correct anatomical position to hear the heart sounds which link back to [...]

Welcome to Glasgow Caledonian SOH – Virtual Worlds blog. This blog will be used to share the experiences and projects the School of Health are undertaking in Second Life and other virtual worlds.
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