title: Virtual reality, telemedicine, web and data processing innovations in medical and psychiatric education and clinical care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article highlights technology innovations in psychiatric and medical education, including applications from other fields.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors review the literature and poll educators and informatics faculty for novel programs relevant to psychiatric education.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The introduction of new technologies requires skill at implementation and evaluation to assess the pros and cons. There is a significant body of literature regarding virtual reality and simulation, including assessment of outcomes, but other innovations are not well studied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Innovations, like other uses of technology, require collaboration between parties and integration within the educational framework of an institution.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. dmhilty@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hilty
authors.forename: Dale C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Alverson
authors.forename: Jonathan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Alpert
authors.forename: Lowell
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sagduyu
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Boland
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mostaghimi
authors.forename: Martin L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Leamon
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fidler
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Yellowlees
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000295:instrumentation; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface