Fall 2010 poster for UW-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health Committee on Academic Staff Issues. Update on Games and Simulation for Healthcare portal. With spiffy image collage background :-)

1. Games and Simulation for Healthcare: An Update
Eric B. Bauman PhD, RN and Allan R. Barclay, MLIS, AHIP
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Evaluate a Simulation Social & Professional Information
International Events Calendar
Read and Share the LiteratureSearch or Browse Inventory
Local, National & International LabsLocal Connections and Beyond
Evaluate a Game
Games & Sims Portal Project
An update on a portal project for games and simulation for
health care. The portal at http://healthcaregames.wisc.edu
(or http://healthcaresims.wisc.edu) continues to grow.
Changes include: new items added to the inventory;
an updated listing of simulation labs around the world cross
listed in Google Maps; a new events calendar, created in
Google Calendar; and a news blog. The portal has generated
interest in related projects such as an attempt to codify a
controlled vocabulary or taxonomy for health care related
games and simulation.
Literature
We have a large locally maintained RefWorks database
of game and simulation related literature (including a
number of items not normally indexed like conference
proceedings). We hope to spend some time organizing
and tagging these records for use in other parts of the
site and for better user searching. We are also working
on a better way to get news and current event information
pulled into the site in a semi-automated fashion (also
including Tweets or other non-canonical sources).
Inventory
A variety of improvements to the basic game and
sim inventory have been suggested and/or are
already planned for. They include:
Licensing or access information
Ratings or reviews
Scholarly literature citations added to
relevant item records
Taxonomy
Consistent language is needed for several areas of the site
but there is great ambiguity at present. Discussions are
underway to look into addressing the issue. Areas of the site
impacted would include:
Inventory records for better search results
Inventory record faceted browsing
Scholarly literature indexing and organizing
for browsing and searching
NEXT STEPS:ABSTRACT:
Labs
We have a large number of simulation labs entered into
our database and cross-listed in an openly accessible
Google Maps instance. We have a large number of possible
additions to the inventory. Currently we have links to the
lab websites and address information where available. We
plan to add more detailed information to the lab records
(based on input at a CASI demo session in Spring 2010).
This could include primary audiences, equipment, access
policies, etc.