SSH Sim Series: What are Conversational Avatars?

Join us for this FREE SSH SimSeries Open Forum Discussion!

Overview: Conversational Avatars represent computer-run artificial persons who interact with users (learners) by means of a visual representation on a screen and via a series of dialog algorithms or scripts.

This represents a new horizon in learning, especially regarding non-technical skills. Please join us for a look into how this applies today to simulation, what the pioneers in the field are working on and what the future might hold for your learners tomorrow!

Attend this session and learn as we discuss:

• What is a conversational avatar?

• The current state of the technology

• What it means to be cutting-edge with conversational avatars

PRESENTERS

Thomas "Brett" Talbot, MD

Associate Professor of Medical Education Keck School of Medicine of USC

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Principal Medical Expert, USC Institute for Creative Technologies

Douglas R. Danforth, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ohio State University

Virtual Reality in Medical Education Laboratory

MODERATOR

William Bond, MD, MS

Jump Simulation

A collaboration of OSF HealthCare and

the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

(TODAY!) MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, @ 11 a.m. ET (USA)

Recording available after the presentation.