Events – International

By Eric B. Bauman, PhD, FSSH, PMHNP-BC I am delighted to be moderating the first in a four-speaker game development pro-series on Wednesday April 6th at Noon Central.  Even more exciting is that the first speaker is award winning game director and entrepreneur, Brenda Romero! Romero asks the question, who determines the cultural and societal considerations of our physical and digital lives? What gets left out, and what gets brought in? Meta verses are mirrors of their creators. As

Clinical Playground’s Dr. Eric B. Bauman recently gave a talk with Melissa Morris, a PhD student he is mentoring from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions on the role of presence and immersion in virtual reality as compared standard web-based video conferencing. The talk was part of the 2021 International Healthcare Simulation Week (September 13-19) and was facilitated by Dr. David Li and sponsored by Guangzhou First Peoples Hospital and SIMFEED. The included well

Clinical Playground – Proud Sponsor of M+Dev 2020 Clinical Playground, LLC is a proud sponsor of this year’s M+Dev conference in Madison, WI on February 14. We hope to see you at the hottest new venue supporting the game development and media arts industry. For information about the full slate of exciting speakers and ticket information, check out the M+Dev 2020 website. The M+Dev Conference Committee recently announced that Nika Nour, Executive Director of the International Games Developers

M+Dev is returning to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin on February 14 – Valentines Day!  M+DEV is a video game development conference hosted by the Wisconsin Games Alliance that aims to engage game developers and all the many talented professionals who support the industry. It is a great venue for those seeking to enter professional roles that support the game development industry. This conference provides a gathering place for game developers in the state,

G. Stapleton, E.B. Bauman, E. Kachur, AMEE Teaching Asst., M. Pusic, and T. Chang Clinical Playground founder Dr. Eric B. Bauman was in Vienna, Austria for the 2019 Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference where he presented on the topics of game-based learning for medical and health professions education, and on the use of social media to promote conference participation.  The annual AMEE conference has become the key meeting for those involved in medical and health

M. Cooper, E.B. Bauman & G. Miller at SSH/IMSH President’s Gala The 2019 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare took place in San Antonio, Texas on January 26-30. This year’s meeting brought together a record 4000 attendees interested in new and emerging technologies for health professions education.   Clinical Playground players Dr. Eric B. Bauman and Dr. Greg E. Gilbert facilitated and presented courses along with esteemed colleagues and students they have mentored. The presentations reflect their

2017 IMSH: SSH Academy Induction Eric B. Bauman, PhD at IMSH 2017 The 2017 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) was held in Orlando, FL January 29th – February 1st. This year’s IMSH marked the induction of the first Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) class of Fellows. The induction included 34 SSH Fellows and took place during a black tie dinner event at the Rosen Center. Fellows and their guests convened for a cocktail reception, photos,

Acme Nerd Games, LLC located in south central Wisconsin, USA is a new start-up game company on a mission – a space and spinach mission. They are creating a game focused on nutrition literacy for kids [and their parents] called “Houston, We Have Spinach! The game design team brings a wealth of talent to this project, including Clinical Playground, LLC founder and managing member Dr. Eric B. Bauman. Other nerds, team members include, Mary Romolino, Bo Monroe, Michael Flaherty

Clinical Simulation in Nursing: Special Edition on Game-Based Learning The special edition of Clinical Simulation in Nursing on Game-Based Learning has been published. Clinical Playground’s Dr. Eric B. Bauman served as the special edition editor and wrote the edition’s editorial titled: Games, Virtual Environments, Mobile Applications and a Futurist’s Crystal Ball. The journal Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Suzie Kardong Edgren called Bauman’s editorial a “…bleeding edge…” commentary on game-based learning and innovation for clinical education. Other authors included in this special