Event type: General
Duration: 10:30h-13:00h
Number of places: 25
Serious games in health & social care markets - major networking event on 20th May 2008
Description:
An opportunity to identify potential improvement areas in the training and education of doctors, health & social care professionals and of service users by exploiting serious computer games technologies.
A free networking event, led by senior speakers who are familiar with the complex and challenging issues in health & social care. Decision makers in health and social care and their suppliers of training and ICT services should attend.
Features:
• Hear about the major NHS improvement themes
• Hear about the issues in training of doctors and care professionals
• Hear about the issues in improving services to the general population
• See examples of developments in serious games and virtual worlds
• Network with some really interesting people and find potential partners
• Identify where you could exploit serious computer games in your activities
Specification:
Date & Time: 10:30h-13:00h on Tuesday 20th May 2008, followed by a networking buffet lunch.
Venue: University of Warwick Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7EZ.
Draft agenda:
Keynote introduction:
Dr Nick Gaunt (NHSII): "An NHSII perspective on the NHS improvement themes".
Session 1: (Training the clinicians)
1. Prof Matthew Cooke (WMS): "What is the potential for serious games in healthcare?"
2. Nigel Wynne (BCU): "Serious games and virtual worlds. A health care education & training perspective".
3. David Burden (Daden): "Choosing a "virtual world" and an example of interfacing the "Medbiquitous Virtual Patient" into Second Life".
Session 2: (Management training & supporting the clients/patients)
1. Graham Beaumont (The Health Exchange): tba
2. Stuart Toole (MHTT): Training? Teaching? Treating?
3. Charles Goody(Warwickshire Probation service): Bringing education to people on probation.(TBC)
4. Kevin Corti (Pixelearning): Example of serious games for management training.
5. Ro Hands (Digital native Academy): tba
To book your place:
Go to www.themarketingworkspace.co.uk and follow the links or call John Beeston on:-
Tel: 01788 822713
“..form new partnerships...”
"We are delighted to be sponsoring this event. It is clear that, to meet the challenges in health & social care, we will all have to get out of our comfort zone. We will have to form new partnerships with people from other areas: Health & social services, serious games, interactive media, ICT, training services. The good news is that all these skills are here in the West Midlands.”
John W Beeston
The Marketing Workspace