Developing Virtual Collaborative Health Team Educational Environments

Date
2017
Authors
Cochrane, T
Stretton, T
Aiello, S
Britnell, S
Cook, S
Christie, D
Narayan, V
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Conference Contribution
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Ascilite
Abstract

In this short paper we introduce a conceptual framework that is under development to create virtual educational environments to simulate collaborative health team experiences. Building on our work of developing virtual environments for authentic Paramedicine education environments, we are extending the concept across the seven health disciplines at the university, beginning initially with a prototype involving three health discipline teams: Paramedicine, Nursing, and Physiotherapy. Using a design based research methodology we are developing prototypes of immersive simulated environments to simulate the real-world interaction between these three health teams for our students. We leverage a low cost mobile BYOD approach enabling rapid prototyping and development of these scenarios.

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Health Education; Mobile; Virtual Reality; Seekbeak
Source
In H. Partridge, K. Davis, & J. Thomas (Eds.), Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (pp. 37-41).
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