ArticleBMC medical education2012
Experience with using second life for medical education in a family and community medicine education unit.
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- The Second Life Metaverse and Its Usefulness in Medical Education After a Quarter of a Century.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Review
- On the advantages and disadvantages of virtual continuing medical education: a scoping review.Canadian medical education journal · 2023Article
- Training Scientific Communication Skills on Medical Imaging within the Virtual World Second Life: Perception of Biomedical Engineering Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A team-based competition for undergraduate medical students to learn radiology within the virtual world Second Life.Insights into imaging · 2021Article
- The Development of a Virtual World Problem-Based Learning Tutorial and Comparison With Interactive Text-Based Tutorials.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Article
- Using Technology to Meet the Challenges of Medical Education.Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association · 2015Review
- Motivational interviewing workshop in a virtual world: learning as avatars.Family medicine · 2014Article
- Use of a virtual world computer environment for international distance education: lessons from a pilot project using Second Life.BMC medical education · 2014Article
- Usalpharma: a cloud-based architecture to support quality assurance training processes in health area using virtual worlds.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe application of new technologies to the education of health professionals is both a challenge and a necessity. Virtual worlds are increasingly being explored as a support for education.
aimThe aim of this work is to study the suitability of Second Life (SL) as an educational tool for primary healthcare professionals.
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designQualitative study of accredited clinical sessions in SL included in a continuing professional development (CPD) programme for primary healthcare professionals. LOCATION: Zaragoza I Zone Family and Community Medicine Education Unit (EU) and 9 health centres operated by the Aragonese Health Service, Aragon, Spain.
methodThe EU held two training workshops in SL for 16 healthcare professionals from 9 health centres by means of two workshops, and requested them to facilitate clinical sessions in SL. Attendance was open to all personnel from the EU and the 9 health centres. After a trail period of clinical sessions held at 5 health centres between May and November 2010, the CPD-accredited clinical sessions were held at 9 health centres between February and April 2011.
participants76 healthcare professionals attended the CPD-accredited clinical sessions in SL. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Questionnaire on completion of the clinical sessions.
resultsResponse rate: 42-100%. Questionnaire completed by each health centre on completion of the CPD-accredited clinical sessions: Access to SL: 2 centres were unable to gain access. Sound problems: 0% (0/9). Image problems: 0% (0/9). Voice/text chat: used in 100% (10/9); 0 incidents. Questionnaire completed by participants in the CPD-accredited clinical sessions: Preference for SL as a tool: 100% (76/76). Strengths of this method: 74% (56/76) considered it eliminated the need to travel; 68% (52/76) believed it made more effective use of educational resources; and 47% (36/76) considered it improved accessibility. Weaknesses: 91% (69/76) experienced technical problems, while; 9% (7/76) thought it was impersonal and with little interaction. 65.79% (50/76) believed it was better than other distance learning methods and 38.16% (29/76) believed it was better than face-to-face learning.
conclusionsSL is a tool that allows educational activities to be designed that involve a number of health centres in different geographical locations, consequently eliminating the need to travel and making more effective use of educational resources.
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