The Use of Second Life for the Education of Health Care Professionals

Sarah Stewart (Petal Stransky) 2010sarahstewart07@gmail.com

Sarah Stewart*Midwife, educational developer and consultant,

facilitator and blogger

*Virtual International Day of the Midwife

*eMentoring in aged care, Queensland– work integrated learning

*“Facilitating Online”

*Social media adviser,

Australia, Pakistan &

Europe

• What do you want to know?

• What Second Life is

• How it be used for teaching/learning health care practice

• Examples – virtual birth unit

Petal Stransky

Sarah Stewart

University of Michigan's Health Sciences

Libraries: Second Life and Public Health

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wDl5suE2Uo&feature=player_embedded

What does Second Life offer health care professionals

& educators?

Authentic & immersive learning experiences

Safe place to explore clinical scenarios

Imaginative mode of presenting content & information

Access to international community of medical &

health educators & researchers

Access to communities of health care consumers

Cape Able Island, haven for deaf, hard of hearing & people with disabilities: http://virtualability.org/our_projects.aspx

Virtual birth unit developed by Second Life Education New Zealand project funded by NZ government, led by Dr Clare Atkins and Terry Neal

Te Wāhi Whānau: The Birth Place

http://tinyurl.com/korvu7

http://wikieducator.org/The_virtual_birthing_unit_project

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=60560546147

*What you want to achieve?

*What resources are already available?

*Who can you collaborate with?

*How can you share what you develop?

*What about students who do not have access to Internet & computers?

Questions to ask?

Presentation available:

http://www.slideshare.net/sarahs

Sarah Stewart

sarahstewart07@gmail.comhttp://sarah-stewart.blogspot.comTwitter: SarahStewartSkype: sarah.m.stewart