CliniSpace by Innovation in Learning: 3D Clinical Training in 2010

CliniSpace placed several users in one shared 3D clinical environment where they could treat a virtual patient together. It ran on ordinary computers and was sold both as software as a service and as licensed software. Its makers positioned it as an answer to earlier concerns about the usability and learning performance of clinical simulation spaces.

The environment held interactive medical objects: a bed, an IV stand, oxygen, suction, medications and supplies, an EKG, an ultrasound and an AED, among others. Users could talk through text or voice chat while they worked.

The patient, called a Dynapatient, was customizable and had a dynamic pathophysiology. Users changed the outcome by choosing among medical interventions and by consulting records. Testing, assessment and tracking tools were part of the package.

The platform was one of the games in the 2010 Serious Games Showcase & Challenge, in the business games category. The showcase pavilion at I/ITSEC in Orlando hosted the games in the first week of December 2010. The contest began with its first edition in 2006, which makes 2010 its fifth year. CliniSpace was a multi-user, highly interactive game that ran on commodity computers, a point that set it apart from many classroom-bound simulators.

The maker's address, innovationinlearning.com, now shows a page saying the domain may be for sale. The address of its partner, indusgeeks.com, shows a notice that the website is under maintenance and not currently active. No page that offers CliniSpace today was found, so the platform's status is not confirmed.