Virtual Dental School Opens in Second Life

April 24, 2009 By Julie Frey 1 Comment

The University of Maryland Dental School has opened its doors in the online universe of Second Life, the first US dental school to do so. Second Life is a popular internet-based 3-D "virtual universe" with millions of registered users.

The virtual dental school is a three-story brick building with separate lab. Unlike its real-world counterpart in Maryland, this school is located on a sunny island.

This fall, the Second Life school will be a part of new student orientation.

"What's most awesome about this is the ability to simulate activities-that may include greeting a new patient or taking a patient's health history," says Julie Gilliam, the program's creator and an instructional technology specialist.

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Filed Under: Dental News, Science & Technology Tagged With: dental school, internet, Second Life

About Julie Frey

Julie Frey is the Editor of TheWealthyDentist.com blog. She has dedicated her career to Internet marketing and communications, working side-by-side with dental marketing guru Jim Du Molin since 2006. She has a degree in Linguistics from Stanford University, has a passion for language and writing, and lives in San Francisco. Julie Frey+

http://dentalexcellence Dr. Lauren Carr

I just viewed Second Life and thought it was amazing. It is the future, and the world my daughters are growing up in.
I will be certain to share this with my daughters and my colleagues here in Missouri.

Lauren Carr, DDS
University of Maryland 1986

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