title: Virtual worlds and team training.
abstract: An important component of all emergency medicine residency programs is managing trauma effectively as a member of an emergency medicine team, but practice on live patients is often impractical and mannequin-based simulators are expensive and require all trainees to be physically present at the same location. This article describes a project to develop and evaluate a computer-based simulator (the Virtual Emergency Department) for distance training in teamwork and leadership in trauma management. The virtual environment provides repeated practice opportunities with life-threatening trauma cases in a safe and reproducible setting.
authors.affiliation: SUMMIT, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5466, USA. parvati@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Parvati
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dev
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Youngblood
authors.forename: W Leroy
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Heinrichs
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kusumoto
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards