ACCA Version of AI & Healthcare: An Overview for the Curious
5B Søvig Games and the Health Industry EHiN 2014
1. Games and the health industry =
made for each other
Linn Søvig
2. Who am I?
Bachelor in Media Studies from London - <3 Cyberspace
Master in Media Studies from UiB - <3 Games
Blogging and other social media
Spillpikene
Journalist
Machinima entusiast extreme
Four years corporate communication in social media and CSR
Girl Geek Dinners
Insert Coin
Game Developers Guild
Resource Center for Game Development
4. My three main points for this talk
1. Yes!! Using games to communicate with your
patients is a fabulous idea! Do it!!! Do it now!
2. Take some time to understand game design
3. Use game designers for your work!
5. Why are games so great?
• Encourage engagement
– Play
– Flow
– Mastering
• Communication
7. 6 really
fun
games!
Kid
undergoing
cancer
treatment
Game
Developer
Medical
expert on
cancer
treatment
8. Nano-Bot!
• Fire targeted
treatments on a
growing tumor
and prevent it
from escaping into
the blood stream!
• Use your ever
increasing arsenal
of pwoerful
attacks to crush
the cancerous
forces of the
Nuclear Tyrant!