Games for Health Project Announces Ludica Medica: Improving Medical Modeling, Simulation, Training, and Education with Videogames

Standalone Event Joins the 7th Annual Games for Health Conference to Expand Discussion of the Key Contribution Games Are Making to Medical and Health-Related Training and Education.

In 2011, the Games for Health Conference is improving its coverage of the use of games for medical modeling, simulation, training, and education by moving all of its relevant content into a new pre-conference event entitled Ludica Medica. The conference’s playful title serves to emphasize its focus on a number of specific overlaps and specialized contributions that videogames, their associated technologies, and the videogame industry can make in the wider fields of medical modeling and simulation, as well as professional education and training in the medical, health, and biology-based fields.

The event will consist of talks, panels, and case studies, as well as a demo session and small sidebar roundtable discussions. A small team of pioneering researchers, developers, and technology providers have been brought together to advise on the content and direction of the event.