Yesterday I submitted a grant request to support my organization's "Virtual Oncology Practice". This will be an animated, simulated oncology office where physicians and nurses interact with simulated patients with non-small cell lung cancer and must make treatment decisions that are appropriate for them based on the type, status and progression of their disease.
The project, if funded, would begin development in January and launch live on the web in May. Then it would be up and live for the oncology community for one year. The budget is about $675,000 (more than half that is the pass-through cost for our tech partner who will create and run the simulation for us).
Aside from the fact that this would be a wonderful, innovative new way for my organization to provide in-depth education on a serious, serious disease (number one cause of cancer deaths in the US), I am extremely happy about this submission because it grew directly out of this course. If I were not taking this course and had not had the Second Life experience (good, bad, etc.), I would not have been prepared for this RFP and probably would not have championed this project to my senior management.
So thanks to you all and this course for having an immediate impact on my adult ed practice and my organization. And of course, if the project gets funded, then the impact will ripple out to several thousand oncology clinicians and the many thousands of patients they serve. And those are the people I am in all this for! :)
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