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Virtual Conversation Partner for Adults with Autism


Virtual Reality Skills Training for Health Care Professionals in Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention


Teaching Job Interview Skills to Psychiatrically Disabled People Using Virtual Interviewers


Interactive Simulations to Train Military Sexual Assault Victim Advocates, R.D. Lucke, D.E. Olsen, Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, December 2007.


"Computer Simulated Standardized Patients for Training Health Professionals on Chemical and Biological Agent Exposures," M.J. Roy, D.L. Sticha, D.E. Olsen, Cybertherapy Conference, June 2006.


"Simulation and Virtual Reality in Medical Education and Therapy: A Protocol," M.J. Roy, D.L. Sticha, P.L. Kraus, D.E. Olsen, CyberPsychology & Behavior, April 2006, Volume 9, Number 2: 245-24.


"Interactive Simulation Training: Computer Simulated Standardized Patients for Medical Diagnosis," D.E. Olsen, D.L. Sticha, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, January 2006.


"The Simulation of A Human Subject For Interpersonal Skill Training," D.E. Olsen, W.A. Sellers, Robert Garland Phillips, Interservice/Industrial Training, Simulation and Education Conference, December 1999.


"The Simulation of a Human Subject for Law Enforcement Training," D. E. Olsen, W. A. Sellers, Robert Garland Phillips, Jr., The Proceedings of the 1999 ONDCP International Technology Symposium, March 8-10, 1999.



"I have seen this (SIMmersion’s) work and highly endorse its use where appropriate, and affordable. … My personal assessment is that it delivers very good training in a portable and highly useable form."

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