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Your Second Life in students' hands
Your Second Life in students' hands
The wards are spotless, there are plenty of beds and groups of doctors are on hand to treat patients.
This is not a real hospital, however, but a virtual model inside the online world of Second Life, set up by Imperial College in London as part of a pilot project to explore game-based learning.
Third-year medical students at the university are using the simulation to learn more about spotting symptoms, diagnosing illnesses and treating patients.
The hospital mimics the make-up of a real life facility, with virtual radiology and respiratory departments, as seen here.
Photo credit: Imperial College
Caption by: Nick Heath
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