Publications 2007 - 2010

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Book Chapters

Toro-Troconis, M., Roberts, NJ, Smith, SF, Partridge, MR. (2010), ‘Students’ perceptions about delivery of game-based learning for virtual patients in Second Life’, in Zagalo, N., Morgado, L. and Boa-Ventura, A. (eds.), Virtual Worlds and Metaverse Platforms: New Communication and Identity Paradigms. USA: IGI Global, (In press).
Toro-Troconis, M., Meeran, K., Higham, J., Mellström, U., Partridge, M. (2010), 'Design and delivery of game-based learning for virtual patients in Second Life®: initial findings', in Peachey, A., Gillen, J., Livingstone, D., & Robbins, S. (eds), Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds UK: Springer, pp. 111-138, ISBN: 978-1-84996-046-5
Toro-Troconis, M., Partridge, M. (2010), 'Designing game-based learning activities in virtual worlds: experiences from undergraduate medicine', in Youngkyun Baek (ed.), Gaming for Classroom-Based Learning : IGI Global, pp. 270-280, ISBN10: 1615207139

Journals

Toro-Troconis, M. and Mellström, U. (2010), 'Game-based learning in Second Life®. Do gender and age make a difference?', Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds 2:1, pp. 53-76, doi: 10.1386/jgvw.2.1.53_1
Toro-Troconis, M., Mellström, U., Partridge, M., Meeran, K., Barrett, M., Higham, J. (2008). Designing game-based learning activities for virtual patients in Second Life. Journal of CyberTherapy and Rehabilitation 1(3):227–239

Conference Proceedings

Toro-Troconis, M., Hemani, A., Gabriel, CM, English, S. (2010), 'Implementation and use of E-portfolios in Undergraduate Medicine at Imperial College London' in Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), Glasgow, UK, 4-8 September.
Hemani, A., Parvizi, N., Toro-Troconis, M., McIntosh, D. (2010), 'Using the Nominal Group Technique to identify students’ views regarding the use of virtual patients to expand clinical knowledge' in Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), Glasgow, UK, 4-8 September.
Toro-Troconis, M., Hemani, A. (2010), 'Using eportfolios in Undergraduate Medicine to reflect and evidence clinical competences', PebbleBash 2010. Shifnal, Shropshire, UK
Toro-Troconis, M., Mitchell, A., Firth, A., Edwards, J., Barrett, M., Higham, J. (2009), 'Enhancing Anatomy Teaching via e-learning', in Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), Malaga, Spain, 29 August to 2 September.
Dalrymple, K., Toro-Troconis, M., Riley, D., (2009), 'Pedagogically-informed approaches to supporting clinical staff development in e-learning - initial observations and lessons learned', in Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), Malaga, Spain, 29 August to 2 September.
Toro-Troconis, M., Barrett, M., McIntosh, D. (2008), 'The international virtual patient application developed by Imperial College London', in Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), Prague, Czech Republic, 30 August to 3 September.
Toro-Troconis, M., Mellström, U., Partridge, M. and Barrett, M. (2008), 'An architectural model for the design of game-based learning activities for virtual patients in Second Life', in Proceedings of the European Conference on Game-Based Learning, The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, 16–17 October.
Toro-Troconis, M., Partridge, M., Mellström, U, Meeran, K. and Higham, J. (2008), 'Technical infrastructure and initial findings in the design and delivery of game-based learning for virtual patients in Second Life', in Proceedings of Researching Learning in Virtual Environments. ReLIVE 2008, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK 20–21 November.
Toro-Troconis, M., Mellstrom, U., Partridge, MR (2008), 'Game Based Learning in Respiratory Medicine'. Winter Meeting. The British Thoracic Society. London
Toro-Troconis, Partridge, M. (2007), ‘Designing a 3D Teaching Hospital in Second Life to support clinical skills development’, in Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2007), NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 25-29 August.