Slice of Life 2002

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FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2002  

McLeod Auditorium, MS (Medical Sciences Building.) See campus map.

7:45 a.m. Light breakfast in the Alumni Lounge and upper and lower auditorium lobbies

8:00 a.m.

REGISTRATION MATERIAL PICKUP: Alumni Lounge next to the auditorium.  On site registration may not be available if meeting limit has been filled.  Please pre-register.

8:30 a.m.

KEYNOTE: Designing Effective Medical Knowledge Media

Ron Baecker, chief Scientist at the Knowledge Media  Design Institute, University of Toronto, Canada, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/

9:15 a.m.

A Virtual Character System for Understanding Complex Changes in Mood and Affect

Charles J. Lumsden, Nicholas Woolridge, and David Kreindler,  University of Toronto, Canada

9:40 a.m.

Media-Based Health Communication: Exploring the use of Visual Media to Promote Understanding

Jodie Jenkinson and Nicholas Woolridge

Cancelled

Unlocking the 6cm x 6cm Blackboard: Introducing a Free, Open Mechanism for Bringing Course Content onto Handheld Screens

Robert O'Connor, University College Dublin, Ireland

9:50 a.m.

Discussion

10:00 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK Alumni Lounge

10:30 a.m.

Wireless Computing, Streaming and Videoconferencing

Paul Fontelo, Craig Locatis, Michael Ackerman, and Charles Sneiderman, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA

11:00 a.m.

Educational Authoring with Virtual Reality and 3D Visualisations 

Reinhard Friedl and Nicole Kadlec, Dept. of Heart Surgery, Univ. Hospital, Ulm, Germany

11:15 a.m.

Medical Training with the Dynamic Patient Simulator

P.M. Bloemendaal, S. Eggermont, E.M. Schoonderwaldt, and J.M. van Baalen,  Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands 

11:30 a.m.

An Interactive Web-based Learning Tool to Assist Medical Students with History Taking, Case Report Writing, and Physical Examination Skills

John Bradley, Hance Clarke, Errol Colak, Collan Simmons, and Joyce Nyhof-Young,  University Health Network and The Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

11:45 

STUDENT SOFTWARE PRIZE AWARD AND DEMO

12:00 noon

LUNCH provided for all registered attendees

12:45 p.m.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS (afternoon presenters set up demos and posters)

2:00-5:30 p.m.

DEMONSTRATIONS and POSTERS

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Tour Surgical Skills Centre. Limited number. Must sign up ahead of time by emailing Joyce Nyhof-Young.  Mt. Sinai Hospital on University Avenue.  A 5 minute walk from the meeting site. 

6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

HOSPITALITY at Delta Chelsea Hotel, Churchill Ballroom, sponsored by Gold Standard Multimedia and DxR Development Group, Inc.