2003
Virtual
Conversations: An Interface to
Knowledge IEEE
Journal, September/October 2003. A comprehensive article
about IDI's patented virtual dialogue method including research finds and
diagrams of how the method works.
2001
A Virtual
Dialogue Method for Patient Education: Final Report of a Phase I Field
Study, April 2, 2001.
National Institutes of Health SBIR Grant No. NR0510302. Study
demonstrated that women concerned about breast cancer can gain basic
knowledge and emotional support through virtual dialogues with breast
cancer experts, including a female oncologist, a nurse practitioner, and a
breast cancer survivor.
Virtual Dialogue for Augmented Cognition: Final Report of a Field
Study, December 2001. Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, Augmented Cognition Program, Contract No. N00014-01-M-0155.
Study showed that the virtual dialogue method can augment cognition by
significantly increasing learning gain and accelerating learning in a
military environment. Experimental material was a virtual dialogue with a
native Pakistani concerning Afghanistan, the Taliban, bin Laden, and al-Qaeda.
2000
New Technology to Open Lines of Communication for Amputees and Their
Family Caregivers inMotion,
Jan/Feb 2000.
1999
Dialogue
Interaction with Video for Expert Knowledge Transfer: Final Report of a
Phase I Field Study, September 30, 1999.
Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency SBIR Contract No. DAAH0199C139.
Study demonstrated the feasibility of transferring knowledge of complex
subject matter and lessons learned through virtual dialogues with notable
experts.
Virtual Dialogues with Amputees and Family Caregivers: Final Report
of a Phase I Field Study, August 16, 1999.
National Institutes of Health SBIR Grant No. HD36562. Study demonstrated
that amputees and family caregivers can gain practical knowledge and
emotional support through virtual dialogues with experienced amputees and
caregivers.
Virtual Dialogues with Native Speakers: The Evaluation of an Interactive
Multimedia Method. CALICO Journal,
Special Issue: Tutors that Listen—Speech Recognition for
Language Learning, 16:3(313-337), Spring 1999. Study involving
short-term use of the virtual dialogue Arabic Series (Modern Standard
Arabic and Iraqi dialect) by linguists in a refresher course at the
Defense Language Institute. Participants were evaluated with
standard DLI testing procedures and demonstrated remarkable gains in
speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and confidence using the
language after only four days.
Up Close and Almost Personal With Maryland's Dean,
By Nadav Enbar
Business Week Online, May 17, 1999. Featuring IDI’s virtual dialogue
with Dean Howard Frank.
The Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians’ Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization.
The New England Journal of Medicine, 340:618-626, February 25, 1999. NIH-funded
study conducted by researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center
using interactive simulated patients developed by Interactive Drama. The
findings suggested that the race and sex of a patient independently
influence how physicians manage chest pain.
1998
Iraqi Arabic
Simulation From IDI, The CALLer, Volume 5,
Number 3, Spring 1998 (p. 3)
1997
Multimedia Education
for Families of Brain Injury Survivors:
Final Report of a Phase I Field Study,
Dec 15, 1997.
National Institutes of Health SBIR Grant No. HD31797. Study
demonstrated that families faced with caring for a member with a recent
brain injury can gain practical knowledge and emotional support through
virtual dialogues with experienced family
caregivers.
Interactive Trial: Training
Firm Readies for Market Tests. Montgomery Business
Gazette, 2:10(22-24), September 1997.
Multimedia Simlated Patients for
HIV Prevention Training: Final Report of a Field Study, April 17,
1997. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SBIR Contract No.
200-96-0543. Scientific study demonstrated that virtual dialogue simulated
patients are effective in training primary care residents to identify and
counsel patients at high risk for HIV and STDs.
1992
TIME Project Interactive Patient Simulations: Experiential Learning
in the
Medical School
Classroom.
Journal of Medical Education Technologies, 2:4(3-8), Spring 1992.
Study conducted at three major medical schools that established the
feasibility of using the virtual dialogue method to introduce second-year
medical students to patient interviewing and clinical problem solving.
The findings demonstrated that students became intellectually and
emotionally involved in the learning experience, they perceived the
patients to be real people, and they enjoyed this method of learning.
1990 and before
A field test of
the TIME Patient Simulation Model.
Academic Medicine
1990; 65(5):327-333. This article
describes a rigorous scientific field study of the first virtual
dialogue patient simulation model developed by IDI principals. The
study, funded by NIH, was conducted at three major medical schools and
involved 306 second-year medical students. The principal finding was
that, in a group setting, a large majority of the students became
individually committed to the care and management of the simulated
patient. They acted as if the patient’s problems were real and left the
session feeling as though they had interacted with an actual person. In
terms of simulated a real patient, the TIME model was validated,
providing the basis for the development of new patient-centered methods
to teach and test medical students.
An Interactive Videodisc Drama:
The Case of Frank Hall. Journal of Computer-Based
Instruction, 13:4(113-116), Autumn 1986. Describes the conception and
development of the first voice-activated, video patient simulation model
by Dr. William G. Harless.
