3DiTeams

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Developer(s)	Duke University Medical Center and Virtual Heroes, Inc.
Publisher(s)	Duke University Medical Center and Virtual Heroes, Inc.
Designer(s)	Troy Bowman and Steven Cattrell
Engine	Unreal Engine 2.5
Platform(s)	Windows (98/ME/2000/XP)
Release	November 1, 2007 (v1.0)
Genre(s)	Serious game
Mode(s)	multiplayer

3DiTeams (also known as 3Di TEAMS) is a first person video game developed by the Duke University Medical Center and Virtual Heroes, Inc. and used for medical education and team training. The 3DiTeams Project was conceived by Dr. Jeffrey M. Taekman and Jerry Heneghan and is managed by the Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center (HSPSC) at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Taekman, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and the Assistant Dean for Educational Technology within the Duke University School of Medicine. Dr Taekman also serves as chairman of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare's Serious Games / Virtual Environments Special Interest Group. Co-Principal Investigator for the project is Melanie C. Wright, Ph.D. who is an Assistant Professor human factors engineer in Anesthesiology. Additional assistance is provided by Noa Segall, Ph.D. and Gene Hobbs, C.H.T.. Recently, the Duke team received funding for the Immersive Learning Environment @ Duke (also known as ILE@D) -- an interactive virtual environment for healthcare distance education.