Virtual World Public Health Preparedness Planning

welcome to virtual world preparedness planning!

The University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health CADE (Center for the Advancement of Distance Education) has created a group of Public Health Preparedness Islands in the virtual world called "Second Life". The virtual island chain offers a variety of urban and rural environments with customized buildings, objects, and scripting tailored to emergency scenarios ranging from pandemic influenza to bio-terrorism and dirty bombs. Training is being provided to local health department staff to conduct a wide variety of virtual operations in support of Planning, Training, and Evaluation.