Health

=Uses of virtual worlds in the teaching of health related topics including:=
 * Counselling
 * Health
 * Nutrition
 * Medical libraries
 * Medical students
 * Midwifery
 * Nursing
 * Pharmacy
 * Paramedic training
 * Lots of videos on YouTube (Warning - unfiltered search)
 * Top 10 medical uses of Second Life blog post
 * Emails lists and groups for nursing educators, medical or emergency response training

Counselling

 * Preferred Family Healthcare's Virtual World/Avatar Assisted Treatment programming as featured on SAMHSA's Road to Recovery Series.
 * Scenario based learning using videos filmed in Second Life (machinima) as teaching resources at the University of New England, NSW, Australia.

Health

 * Using interactive games within Second Life to improve health literacy about heart attack, stroke and medical terminology. Hosted at Infolit Ischool, University of Sheffield: @http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/129/242/22/
 * "Between Worlds: A Journey of Hope" is a machinima (**video**) produced by Panacea Luminos of NY HealthScape (USA) filmed and edited by Aliceinthenet (UK) and written by Skylar Smythe (Canada). The inspirational piece is a story of **cancer survival and accessing health information, supports and friendship in the virtual world of Second Life** . View here in four chapters :: http://www.youtube.com/ playlist?p=PLF19C6BDD902FFFB2 View full film here ::  http://vimeo.com/23758940
 * **Video**: Health Presences in Second Life
 * **Location** in Second Life - **Heart Murmur** Sim walk-through video
 * **Journal** of Virtual Worlds Research had a special issue (vol 2, No. 2) about virtual worlds for health and healthcareArticles include:Virtual Worlds in Health Care Higher Education and Development of Virtual Patient Simulations for Medical Education
 * **Location** - HealthInfoIsland in Second Life at @http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/128/131/24 to see a whole sim full of health education exhibits and contacts
 * **Article **Second Life: an overview of the potential of 3-D virtual worlds in medical and health education
 * **Blog** - Glasgow Caledonian Universty, School of Health and Life Sciences - Blog on virtual worlds.

Nutrition

 * Nutritional SIM on the University of Idaho’s meta-campus.

Medical Librarians

 * Article - Virtual Worlds Demand Innovative Roles and Skills from Medical Librarian**s.** Authors: Anderson, Patricia F., Blumenthal, Jane , Perryman, Carol , Mayman, Gillian , Perorazio, Anne **(**2009**)**[| http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:179822/Friday_BlumenthalPPT.pdf]

Medical students

 * Video
 * [|University of Auckland - Virtual Medical Centre]
 * New World Initiative for clinical education a virtual clinic / hospital simulation designed to assist medical students & physicians improve skills in communication. New World by Gerald R. Stapleton (U of Illinois at Chicago).

Midwifery

 * SLENZ Midwifery Build available free in Second Life
 * Blog post about the project with links.
 * Nottingham University has midwifery and pharmacy mass spectrometer simulation activity. SLURL and article.

Nursing

 * The University of Auckland uses Second Life and OpenSim hosted on their internal servers and connected by HyperGrid to a consotrium called the New Zealand Virtual World Grid with current members including Otago University, Wellington Institute of Technology and University of Cantabury. Read about it in Scott Diener's paper: Design and development of medical simulations in Second Life and OpenSim. (Full text pdf)
 * Triage in a medical emergency (from Play2Train)
 * Tacoma Community College Nurse training Medical simulation in Second Life by MUVErs. Research and medical collaboration between medical professionals. C ontact person is padlurowncanoe Dibou, who had helped develop some wonderful nursing lab facilities in world. Visit in Second Life at @http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Evergreen%20Island%203/167/94/32 to see simulation labs for patient care.
 * Play2Train Graphic Novel (shows what can be done)
 * Medical simulation (University of Wisconsin)
 * Imperial College, London’s – Respiratory Ward and another video
 * Glasgow Caledonian University (taking patient history)
 * University of Auckland medical centre
 * Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital uses the virtual world for disaster preparedness training, while disabled people turn to it for peer support.
 * More videos- You Tube search results for "nursing in Second Life" videos
 * Curtin University in Western Australia - Med Lab

Nutrition
Nutritional SIM on the University of Idaho’s meta-campus – please review to see if this SIM meets your needs.

@http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20Idaho%20CALS/9/117/28

Pharmacy

 * University of Nottingham
 * Scenario based learning using videos filmed in Second Life (machinima) as teaching resources at the University of New England, NSW, Australia.
 * Group - Pharmacology Education group in Second Life (owner known in SL as js vavoom)

Paramedic training

 * Play2Train: This is a company that provides medical simulations, particularly emergency simulations.
 * Paramedic training using Daden Pivote
 * Aero-medical transfer training NZ video and blog post

Email lists and groups related to medical training, midwifery and nursing.

 * Second Life [|Healthcare]email list
 * Second Life group but not specific to Second Life virtual world "VW HealthEd iCoP" (Open membership)
 * Linked in Group called Virtual Worlds Roadmap Health Care Working Group