Computer simulations allow doctors to learn skills with less risk

>>> COMPUTER GAMES CAN BE FUN

AND FRUSTRATING.

SOON THEY MAY ALSO BE SAVING

LIVES.

>> THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND A NEW

VIR CHILD GAME BASE LEARNING

TOOL.

FOR THE MEDICAL WORLD.

DR. ALLEN MASK SHOWS A NEW WAY

FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN FROM

THEIR MISTAKES WITHOUT A LIFE

DEPENDING ON IT.

>>> WITH THE LATEST IN LIFE

LIFE PATIENT SIMULATION LAP,

HEALTHCARE STUDENTS AND

PROFESSIONAL CAN GET HAND ON

EXPERIENCE MAKING LIVE SAVING

DECISIONS.

BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS EASY

ACCESS TO THIS KIND OF

TECHNOLOGY.

>> WHEN K WITH -- WITH THIS --

WHAT THIS OFFERS IS THE ABILITY

TO PRACTICE NO MATTER WHERE

THEY ARE.

THIS VIRTUAL GAMING SYSTEM

OFFERS SCENARIO WHERE A PARTY

ICE LIFE DEPENDS ON TEAM WORKS

AND GOOD DECISIONS.

>> THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION WE

CAN HAVE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS

PLAYING DIFFERENT ROLES.

LEARNING WITHOUT OFFER ANY

RISK.

>> THIS DIABETIC OFFER BLEEDING

DURING PREGNANT -- PATIENT IS

ABOUT TO SUFFER FROM BLEEDING

DURING BLEED PREGNANCY.

>> PARTICIPATES CAN GET PATIENT

FEEDBACK AND CHOOSE APPROPRIATE

DRUGS INSTRUCTOR TOES CAN ADD

UNEXPECTED TWISTS.

>> WE EXAMED.

>> THIS PATIENT NEEDS SURGERY

TO REPAIR BROKEN BONES ANN IN

HIS ANKLES.

>> HE'S DEVELOPING A RASH.

AND HIS BLOOD PRESSURE WILL

DROP HERE IN A SECOND.

>> GAME SEE DELAWARE SIGNERS

CAN ADD NATIVES AND SCENARIOS

SO REAL PATIENTS STAND A BETTER

CHANCE OF SURVIVING ANY LIFE

THREATENING COMPLICATIONS.

DR. ALLEN MASK.

WRAL HEALTH TEAM.

>> THE GAME SYSTEM ALSO

COLLECTS DATA ON THE GOOD AND

BAD DECISIONS MADE BY GAME