A TATRC-West/SUMMIT Workshop

Jan. 25, 2005 in Long Beach, CA

SUMMIT is a center in the School of Medicine dedicated to putting Stanford University at the forefront of medical and life-sciences education through the innovative use of information technology.

E-mail: simworkshop@stanford.edu

Workshop Sponsor

TATRC The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)

TATRC is charged with managing core Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and congressionally mandated projects in telemedicine and advanced medical technologies.

Gaming and Simulations Based Learning: Applications for Medicine

Speaker:

Parvati Dev, Ph.D.

Stanford University

Parvati Dev completed her doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering on computer models of the brain at Stanford University. She has worked on the research and teaching staff at M.I.T., Boston University, and Stanford. From 1982 to 1989 she was Vice-President at CEMAX Inc, where she developed products for three-dimensional imaging of patients from computed tomography and magnetic resonance scans. Since January 1990, she has led the SUMMIT Research Laboratory for Learning Technologies at Stanford. In its fifteen year history, SUMMIT has been a pioneer in the development of digital educational materials related to anatomy and surgery. From 2002 to 2004, she was appointed Associate Dean of Learning Technologies for the medical school. Dr. Dev's current research is in virtual reality for medical education, including the visualization of human anatomy and the simulation of clinical procedures, its delivery over Internet2, and the evaluation of its efficacy in learning outcomes.