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...

1990 

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.

 1986

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.

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