THE WATERS OF LIFE

Reification simulation of the kidney’s filtration process. A collaboration by the UNM Center for High Performance Computing, the UNM School of Medicine, and the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. This VR simulation had two purposes:
1) assist medical students learn one of the most difficult physiological processes to understand,
2) test the effectiveness of VR reified simulations as a method for teaching complex systems.

Dale C. Alverson, M.D. (1)
John Brandt, M.D. (1)
Thomas P. Caudell, Ph.D. (2)
Lisa Cerilli, M.D. (1)
Kathleen Colleran, M.D. (1)
Lee Danielson, Ph.D. (1)
Chris Davis (2)
Timothy Goldsmith, Ph.D. (3)
Martin C. Gregory, M.D. (7)
Alexis Harris, M.D. (1)

James Holten, III (2)
Kathleen Kihmm (5)
Scott Lozonoff, M.D. (5)
Jack Lui (5)
Curtis Nakatsu, M.D. (5)
David Nickles (6)
Jeffery Norenberg, Pharm.D. (1)
Panaiotis, Ph.D. (4)
Stanley M. Saiki Jr, M.D. (5,6)
Linda Saland, Ph.D. (1)

Andrei Sherstyuk, Ph.D. (5)
George Shuster, D.N.Sc. (1)
Daniel Speitel (6)
Susan Stevens, MS. (3)
Randall Stewart, M.D. (1)
Ken Summers, Ph.D. (2)
Victor M. Vergara, Ph.D. (2)
Kin Lik (“Alex”) Wang (5)
Diane Wax, M.P.A., M.B.A. (1)

Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM:

1. Health Sciences Center

2. School of Engineering

3. Department of Psychology

4. School of Music

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

5. John A. Burns School of Medicine

Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

6. Pacific Telehealth and Technology Hui

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

7. School of Medicine