EAI Workshop on VRtools for Education/Training

Research Article

The Serious Gaming Surgical Cognitive Education and Training Framework and SKY Script Scripting Language

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-8-2015.2261370,
        author={Brent Cowan and Bill Kapralos and Fuad Moussa and Adam Dubrowski},
        title={The Serious Gaming Surgical Cognitive Education and Training Framework and SKY Script Scripting Language },
        proceedings={EAI Workshop on VRtools for Education/Training},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={VRTOOLSED2015},
        year={2015},
        month={8},
        keywords={virtual simulation serious gaming cognitive surgica},
        doi={10.4108/eai.24-8-2015.2261370}
    }
    
  • Brent Cowan
    Bill Kapralos
    Fuad Moussa
    Adam Dubrowski
    Year: 2015
    The Serious Gaming Surgical Cognitive Education and Training Framework and SKY Script Scripting Language
    VRTOOLSED2015
    ACM
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-8-2015.2261370
Brent Cowan1, Bill Kapralos1,*, Fuad Moussa2, Adam Dubrowski3
  • 1: UOIT
  • 2: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • 3: Memorial University
*Contact email: bill.kapralos@uoit.ca

Abstract

Developing effective serious games is a difficult and time consuming process often requiring technical expertise which is lacking by many educators employing such tools within their curriculum. We have recently begun development of a serious game surgical cognitive education and training framework (SCETF) for use in surgical skills training and education. Novel to the SCETF is the Sky Script scripting language that balances the functionality, and flexibility, allowing educators to design and build their own interactive content without any prior programming knowledge. Here we provide a brief overview of the SCETF and introduce Sky Script, both of which are currently under development.