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Medicine in Second Life
Medical conferences are expensive and patients are also open to use virtual worlds for interaction. This eGuide helps you enter a virtual realm and organize medical presentations.- What is Second Life?
- Step 1: How to enter the virtual world?
- Step 2: How to move, communicate, search and find medical events in Second Life (Tips and tricks)
- Step 3: Medicine and health in the virtual world
- Step 4: How to organize a meeting or presentation in Second Life? (Posters, slideshows and conferences)
- Step 5: How can patients use Second Life?
- Step 6: Which health groups should you join?
Step 6: Which health groups should you join?
How to find groups?
Finding groups is easy through the Search/Group window.
The General area has the group's logo, founder, and the group's charter. There is a list of the members who want to be visible, which includes their avatar's name, title, last login or if they are currently online.
The Members & Roles area is a list of visible members and their roles and responsibilities. These roles can be customized to suit the group and member.
Messages to the group are done by notices.
The General area has the group's logo, founder, and the group's charter. There is a list of the members who want to be visible, which includes their avatar's name, title, last login or if they are currently online.
The Members & Roles area is a list of visible members and their roles and responsibilities. These roles can be customized to suit the group and member.
Messages to the group are done by notices.
Which groups to follow?
- Mental Health Network: Info on mental health resources, news, & events.
- Sexual Health Sim: An open group/communication forum dedicated to ‘Sexual Health’ public education and outreach in Second Life.
- Second Life Medical Association: An organization for promoting better health in SL, answering medical questions and providing medical education for the residents of SL.
- Second Health London: The Second Health London Group is for everyone interested in Healthcare communication in Second Life and the future of healthcare delivery systems in Real Life.
- Medicine: The Second Health London Group is for everyone interested in Healthcare communication in Second Life and the future of healthcare delivery systems in Real Life.
- CD Hathian General Hospital: Hathian General Hospital (role-play) City of Hathian
- Ann Myers Medical Center: AMMC was developed for the virtual training of Medical and Nursing students and those in other allied health fields.
- Second Life Medical Library 2.0: A group of librarians and interested people working together to provide library services in Second Life and to share ideas about how we can better do this.
- Nature: This is the group set up by Nature Publishing Group in Second Life for all things science.
The future?
The future of 3D virtual worlds and the potentials of Second Life are all described by Magen N Kamel Boulos:
Here are other examples focusing on the future implications of Second Life:
Here are other examples focusing on the future implications of Second Life:
Medicine in Second Life
Medical conferences are expensive and patients are also open to use virtual worlds for interaction. This eGuide helps you enter a virtual realm and organize medical presentations.- What is Second Life?
- Step 1: How to enter the virtual world?
- Step 2: How to move, communicate, search and find medical events in Second Life (Tips and tricks)
- Step 3: Medicine and health in the virtual world
- Step 4: How to organize a meeting or presentation in Second Life? (Posters, slideshows and conferences)
- Step 5: How can patients use Second Life?
- Step 6: Which health groups should you join?