What’s on the web (2008 April 25) April 27, 2008

• Thoughts on Patient-Physician Email (The Efficient MD): Everything we have to know about patient-doctor e-mail communication: pros and cons.

• Wikipedia: Time to Pull the Plug (Health 2.0 Blog)

• How to Make a Hospital Hospitable (The Patient’s Doctor)

• Mark McEwen, stroke survivor and former CBS Early Show co-host, will moderate a panel discussion on stroke on April 29, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL. For those unable to attend the panel, a live webcast will be available.

• Virtual Worlds in Nursing and Health Education for Professionals and Family Caregivers (eLearners.com)

Simulations and serious games have been employed for many years in the health industry. Because role-playing, labs, and clinicals have been a part of nursing and health education from the inception of teaching programs at hospitals, it has been a natural step to create CD-ROM simulations and to use videos and multimedia. The advent of workable virtual worlds that truly accommodate multiple users and are able to replicate the complexity of a real emergency room or even a home health care situation has the potential to revolutionize nursing and allied health education.