DocumentCode :
3473873
Title :
Design and development of a serious game for central line placement
Author :
Khanal, Prabal ; Katz, Dov ; DeMaria, Samual ; Krol, Marina ; Kahol, Kanav
Author_Institution :
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear :
2013
fDate :
20-22 June 2013
Firstpage :
530
Lastpage :
531
Abstract :
Serious games are gaining popularity in being used for training purposes in various fields. They were first used for training various medical and military procedures. At present, there are several platforms available for developing serious games. In this paper, we present a serious game designed using a gaming engine called Unreal Engine, which facilitates the development of serious games for PCs as well as mobile iOS devices. The serious game that is presented in this paper is designed to provide training for the aseptic method for Central Venous Catheter (CVC), also known as central line, placement procedure. The pilot study was performed with first year residents from the department of anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY and the residents claimed they felt it aided them in their line placements.
Keywords :
catheters; medical computing; mobile computing; operating systems (computers); serious games (computing); Department-of-Anesthesiology; Mount Sinai Medical Center; PC; Unreal Engine; aseptic method; central line placement; central venous catheter; gaming engine; medical procedures; military procedures; mobile iOS devices; placement procedure; serious game design; serious game development; training purposes; Catheters; Databases; Engines; Games; Testing; Training;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2013 IEEE 26th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Porto
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2013.6627863
Filename :
6627863
Link To Document :
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