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Creating Games & Simulation for Learning |
Speaker Profile
Joe Henderson Joseph V. Henderson, MD, is Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and Director of Dartmouth's Interactive Media Laboratory (IML). He has over 20 years experience as a multimedia developer and educator, creating large-scale interactive multimedia programs for health professionals and patients. Many of the programs employ an e-learning model invented at IML, the Virtual Practicum. IML programs are noted for being thorough and comprehensive in content presentation, and for being carefully crafted and produced. With funding through the Department of Homeland Security, the IML team has mearly completed a “Virtual Terrorism Response Academy” (VTRA) for first responders in law enforcement, fire service, and EMS; the Academy applies the Virtual Practicum design, extended to include immersive, “first-person shooter,” 3-D game elements. Two new projects are now underway: one, also funded by DHS, extends VTRA technologies and designs to create a “Virtual Medical Incident Management Institute” for senior health professionals. Another, funded by the Department of Justice under the President’s DNA Initiative, will educate health professionals who must simultaneously deal with the clinical and forensic aspects of sexual assault. Examples of the Virtual Practicum and other programs can be run from IML's website: iml.dartmouth.edu. A broadband connection is required to run the programs. There are also papers describing the Virtual Practicum model. |
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