Los Angeles Times Features ICT Virtual Patients Deployed to USC School of Social Work for Training

A story in the Los Angeles Times explains how ICT-developed virtual patients are being used to train clinicians at the USC School of Social Work, which began the nation’s first specialization in military social work. The program is also offered online through the school’s new Virtual Academic Center. ICT-developed technologies like the Virtual Patient, SimCoach and Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan projects are being incorporated in the specialized curriculum to provide training and support in addressing the needs of military members and their families, including identifying and treating post-traumatic stress.
Read the story here.