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.
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Gaming and Simulations Based Learning: Applications for Medicine
Speaker:
Ben Sawyer
DigitalMill
WORK SUMMARY:
Ben Sawyer is the producer of Virtual U a million dollar plus foundation
funded project to build a university management simulator. Sawyer
is also the author of Serious Games: Improving Public Policy through
Game-Based Learning and Simulation Whitepaper for the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars (wwics.si.edu) and was a contributor
to Game Developer Magazine.
As co-founder of Digitalmill, Ben Sawyer is in charge of strategy,
technology, and business development. Sawyer has authored or co-authored
more than 10 computer trade books as well as numerous articles on
a wide range of technology areas including e-commerce, interactive
game development, software marketing, and computer graphics. He
is also a regular speaker on the topics of e-commerce and other
emerging Internet trends.
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