Dear colleagues, we are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD scholarship at Computer Science Department, Liverpool John Moores University, UK on Virtual Stroke Simulator. A serious game in a form of a training package for healthcare workers involved in the care of acute stroke patients. The proposed virtual stroke simulator will be built on a spectrum of information acquired by a detailed literature search, input from clinical studies, and through discussions with clinical neurologists. We will use a standardised approach to build the simulator based on our clinical protocols at SRFT and international structured rating scales of stroke severity and inclusion/exclusion criteria for the various treatments of stroke. The result will be a highly-realistic graphical and audio system which will provide the appropriate behavioural response to any of a predetermined user inputs and will consider different situations that may come during the neurological procedures. The key research question this project will address is: How the quality and multi-modal nature of the virtual simulator in a form of serious games can make a significant difference to the level of engagement of the user (healthcare professional (s)), and his/her/their learning curve in training for the management of patients with acute stroke. Please forward this call to any of your EU students who may be interested to spend their time as PhD students abroad (or home for UK students). https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/research/phd%20scholarships https://www.noldus.com/labs/immersive-technology-lab-liverpool <https://hes32-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f %2fwww.noldus.com%2flabs%2fimmersive%2dtechnology%2dlab%2dliverpool&umid=c08 39a8c-e7cc-4832-8ab0-17852490e2dd&auth=768f192bba830b801fed4f40fb360f4d1374f a7c-c8b2bf565b20b2dfa9b7c9cc2bb2a7c57f9750fc> Application deadline: 4th March 2019 Starting date: Fall 2019 Contact: Dr. Silvester Czanner, s.czanner(a)ljmu.ac.uk <mailto:s.czanner@ljmu.ac.uk> Location: Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Language of communication: English <http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/> Dr. Silvester Czanner, PhD, SFHEA Subject Head - Computer Science Department of Computer Science James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF t: +44 (0) 151 231 2268 e: <mailto:S.Czanner@ljmu.ac.uk> S.Czanner(a)ljmu.ac.uk _____ Important Notice: the information in this email and any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient, you should delete it from your system immediately without disclosing its contents elsewhere and advise the sender by returning the email or by telephoning a number contained in the body of the email. No responsibility is accepted for loss or damage arising from viruses or changes made to this message after it was sent. The views contained in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Liverpool John Moores University.