Sorry guys for a recent lack of updates on what’s been happening on the ground here at Hopkins with regards to projectHOPE’s research arm. Hopefully, this post should make up for it and bring everyone up to scratch with what’s going.
The major update that’s happened here at Hopkins is that we have recently been given the greenlight by Steve Sears (head of desktop computing) to install our WiFi network to enable System Link Xbox 360 LAN multiplayer video gaming for the kids on the 4th and 9th floor at the Children’s Hospital. This has been a major triumph for us at projectHOPE and the Child Life department and we look forward to using the new WiFi network as a means of providing socialization for hospitalized children. In addition to providing a means of socialization via multiplayer video games, the WiFi network will allow us to implement a low-cost system to stream multimedia content to the bedside of children. This will enable children to access music, movies and TV shows at any time of the day without requiring the presence of a Child Life specialist, kind of like the inflight entertainment systems found on most airlines.
In addition to the recent developments with the installation of the WiFi network, the research division has been given a massive boost with the help of Catherine Craven. Catherine has helped me formulate our literature search strategy, thereby enabling me to start working on the Systematic Review of literature and by extension the background section of our IRB proposal to begin a trial at Hopkins looking to formally study the effects of video games on anxiety levels of pediatric inpatients.
So that’s it for the first half of October. Stay tuned for further updates in the next two weeks when we plan to submit our IRB proposal for ethics approval. Remember, to subscribe to our RSS feed for further automatic updates.
From the ground here at Hopkins – October 09
Sorry guys for a recent lack of updates on what’s been happening on the ground here at Hopkins with regards to projectHOPE’s research arm. Hopefully, this post should make up for it and bring everyone up to scratch with what’s going.
The major update that’s happened here at Hopkins is that we have recently been given the greenlight by Steve Sears (head of desktop computing) to install our WiFi network to enable System Link Xbox 360 LAN multiplayer video gaming for the kids on the 4th and 9th floor at the Children’s Hospital. This has been a major triumph for us at projectHOPE and the Child Life department and we look forward to using the new WiFi network as a means of providing socialization for hospitalized children. In addition to providing a means of socialization via multiplayer video games, the WiFi network will allow us to implement a low-cost system to stream multimedia content to the bedside of children. This will enable children to access music, movies and TV shows at any time of the day without requiring the presence of a Child Life specialist, kind of like the inflight entertainment systems found on most airlines.
In addition to the recent developments with the installation of the WiFi network, the research division has been given a massive boost with the help of Catherine Craven. Catherine has helped me formulate our literature search strategy, thereby enabling me to start working on the Systematic Review of literature and by extension the background section of our IRB proposal to begin a trial at Hopkins looking to formally study the effects of video games on anxiety levels of pediatric inpatients.
So that’s it for the first half of October. Stay tuned for further updates in the next two weeks when we plan to submit our IRB proposal for ethics approval. Remember, to subscribe to our RSS feed for further automatic updates.