Online Medical Training in Virtual Hospitals
Pulse at TAMU-CC
Pulse!!, the Virtual Clinical Learning Lab, was created and is hosted at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. It was designed for experiential training of healthcare personnel in a virtual environment, exposing learners to stressful medical situations with no risk to actual patients.
The simulator uses 3D gaming technology for its virtual environment, in which civilian or military medical personnel can receive training. About $15 million has been spent on developing the project, most of it through federal sources such as the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Claudia L. McDonald, Associate VP for Special Projects at TAMU-CC, is the principal investigator.
Other medical training programs using video game technology are either in place or under development, including an effort led by Western Governor’s University funded by the Dept. of Labor; TruSim’s triage game; and Full Spectrum Warrior, developed at USC for treating post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Tags: Full Spectrum Warrior, online medical training, Pulse, TAMU, TAMU-CC, TruSim, USC, virtual clinic, virtual hospital, WGU
Medical Games | John Rice | 
January 2, 2010 10:11 am
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By stavros, March 2, 2011 @ 5:19 am
MORE BLOOD!!!!