Medicine Made Easy
Engaging kids in healthcare can be one of the many hard tasks of a health professional, but surely one of the most rewarding.
Nowadays, creating technologic platforms for health education is more than an alternative; it’s mandatory.
This is certainly going in that direction: Medikidz - medical information for kids!
The 5 Medikidz – Axon, Gastro, Skinderella, Pump and Chi – are a “group of larger-than-life. space-dwelling characters” that live on a 3D virtual world, a planet called Mediland and shaped as the human body. By using graphic novels, medicine information pamphlets, an online information edutainment environment, online games, and of course, social networking, the Medikidz are determined to explain medical concepts in a simple and understandable way, empowering children and their parents. Everything starting in next July.
This is the 3D view of the Stomach Room with some food in it.
Will it be possible for grown-up docs to pay a visit? I would love to take a journey trough Mediland and remind those days of “Il était une fois la vie”.
More information:
Facebook – Medikidz Foundation
E-Health Europe: World’s first kid’s medical website announced
Habbo – Medikidz group
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DrV 21:36 on 16/04/2009 Permalink |
This is interesting. I have thought of using endoscopy videos as a means of teaching kids about the gut.
alexandregouveia 22:38 on 16/04/2009 Permalink |
Thanks for your comment,
I think we should use all the possible means to help kids understand the human body; endoscopy videos could be interesting in deed.
Best regards,
Alex.
Ribs Susiaho 08:29 on 17/04/2009 Permalink |
Glad you like the look of our forthcoming website and virtual world! In answer to your question – yes of course grown-ups can visit too