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A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics

A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics ANDERSON, A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics Editorial Comments JAMIA A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics JAMES G. ANDERSON, PHD This special issue of JAMIA addresses simulation, a medical education. Simulation technology that uti- methodology that holds great promise for the lizes high performance computers and graphics per- advancement of information technology in health mit realistic real-time displays of virtual body struc- care. Simulation has been termed a third domain, tures that can be used to teach anatomy and surgery complementing both natural language and mathe- among others. matical/statistical approaches. The process of con- structing a simulation model introduces a new way Three papers in this issue report on the development of thinking about medical informatics. It also pro- of simulation-based learning environments. Temkin vides tools to build understanding and generate et al. describe a virtual-reality-based anatomical insights into complex systems and processes. training system for teaching human anatomy over Simulation has many potential applications in med- the Internet. The system’s interface allows the user to ical informatics including research, evaluation, edu- navigate through the Visible Human and to touch cation, training and policy making. geometric structures with a haptic device. A second paper by Dev et http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Oxford University Press

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Oxford University Press
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American Medical Informatics Association 2002
ISSN
1067-5027
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1527-974X
DOI
10.1197/jamia.M1167
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ANDERSON, A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics Editorial Comments JAMIA A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics JAMES G. ANDERSON, PHD This special issue of JAMIA addresses simulation, a medical education. Simulation technology that uti- methodology that holds great promise for the lizes high performance computers and graphics per- advancement of information technology in health mit realistic real-time displays of virtual body struc- care. Simulation has been termed a third domain, tures that can be used to teach anatomy and surgery complementing both natural language and mathe- among others. matical/statistical approaches. The process of con- structing a simulation model introduces a new way Three papers in this issue report on the development of thinking about medical informatics. It also pro- of simulation-based learning environments. Temkin vides tools to build understanding and generate et al. describe a virtual-reality-based anatomical insights into complex systems and processes. training system for teaching human anatomy over Simulation has many potential applications in med- the Internet. The system’s interface allows the user to ical informatics including research, evaluation, edu- navigate through the Visible Human and to touch cation, training and policy making. geometric structures with a haptic device. A second paper by Dev et

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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association – Oxford University Press

Published: Sep 1, 2002

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