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Project: Neuropathology Navigator
Faculty: Dr. Kathy Lovell
Type of project: Website
Project summary: This project covers the neuropathology content taught for second year medical students. It includes didactic information, images with interactive descriptions, case studies, and practice questions with feedback for 10 neuropathology topics. The website can be used online or downloaded. Students can navigate linearly or easily just to specific topics or subtopics. Various types of interactive exercises are included for practice.
The project is designed for students to proceed through the content at their own pace, with practice cases and questions available for students to test their mastery of the material. Images have interactive arrows and pathology descriptions so that students can check their understanding. Feedback for questions reinforces major points to enhance learning.
Technology and Software: Adobe Dreamweaver, Coursebuilder, JavaScript, CSS, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Flash, PDF.
Link to project: Neuropathology Navigator
Project: Gross Pathology and Identification of Disease
Faculty: Dr. Kathy Lovell
Type of project: Interactive model
Project summary: This model is an online component of the Neuropathology Navigator (cerebrovascular disorders section) and is designed for students to test mastery of the gross pathology appearance of major types of cerebrovascular disorders.
The interaction model engages the student in a classification exercise. The student associates the images with certain categories. The use of associated images helps concretize the linkages between the topics and their categories.
Technology and Software: Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver.
Link to project: (Flash player required)
Gross Pathology and Identification of Disease (at the site select the 'know your pathology' link)
Project: Role-based case study
Faculty: Dr. Kathy Lovell
Type of project: Role-based simulation
Project summary: This simulation is an online component of the Neuropathology Navigator (cerebrovascular disorders section). It is a short virtual case that tests students understanding of localization of lesions and pathology presentation in a patient with cerebrovascular disease.
The simulation is designed with scenarios using images and continuous dialog. The student is prompted to make decisions and becomes aware and sensitive to the complexities in each problem.
Technology and Software: Raptivity, Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver.
Link to project: (Flash player required)
Role-based Case Study (At the site, please select the '81-year-old- Man Case' link)
Project: Development in Infants and Young Children
Faculty: Dr. Jane Turner
Type of project: Multimedia online lecture
Project summary: The goal of this online lecture module is for students to gain an understanding of what clinicians are looking for when evaluating children and tracking their development.
Videos of children are presented throughout the module to provide the students with an opportunity to see some of the behaviors that physicians will encounter and that they need to assess and track. The module is available to students in streaming and downloadable format and contains an index menu that allows students to access any part of the lecture during playback.
Technology and Software: Camtasia Studio, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, PowerPoint.
Link to project: (plays in Windows Media player/compatible media player)
Development in Infants and Young Children
Title: Nucleotides and Amino Acids Flash Cards
Faculty: Dr. Wang, Dr. Carol Wilkins.
Type of project: Interactive model
Project summary: A series of flashcards were developed of the 20 amino acids and some secondary amino acids as well as nucleotide structures (including the components of nitrogenous bases and sugars). The flashcards displays the structures on the front, and when the card is selected it flips over to display the name of the structure.
In the Fall 2007 offering of BMB 514, the number of face-to-face lectures was reduced by recording tutorials covering the basic structures of the amino acids and nucleotides. Faculty felt that students at this level should be able to learn this material on their own with a detailed enough tutorial and complementary problem sets. These flashcards are to help the students achieve one of the main objectives: the ability to recognize these structures and name them accordingly.
Technology and Software: Adobe Dreamweaver, Raptivity, Adobe Flash.
Link to project: (Flash player required)
Nucleotides and Amino Acids
Title: Medical Biochemistry Online Tutorials
Faculty: Dr. Carol Wilkins
Type of project: Annotated online tutorials
Project summary: Four recorded tutorials covering amino acid structure; nucleotide structure; oxidation states and enzyme naming; and carbohydrate structure were recorded for on-line viewing by students. Corresponding flash card activities and problem sets covering these tutorials were also available on-line to the students.
In preparation of the expansions of both the College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Human Medicine, faculty are using a blended alternatives to reduce the number of face-to-face lectures as well as provide opportunities to present clinical cases that encompass knowing the metabolic pathways.
Faculty felt that students at this level should be able to comprehend on their own--using these on-line tutorials and problem sets-- chemical structures of biological molecules. The tutorial on oxidation states and enzyme naming is an introduction to learning metabolism outlining key concepts from organic chemistry that students should know, and outlining systematic concepts in how enzymes are named to help students learn the pathways--not just memorize them.
Technology and Software: Camtasia Studio, Windows Journal, PowerPoint, TabletPC.
Link to project: (plays in Windows Media player/compatible media player)
Medical Biochemistry Tutorial
Title: Confidentiality
Faculty: Dr. Jane Turner
Type of project: Online lecture with interactive quiz
Project summary: This is introductory lecture to the patient-physician relationship course. The online lecture is one of three components used to introduce the topic of confidentiality.
The module integrates a brief tour of web resources that students will later use and reference in small group discussions. Another component of the lecture is a quiz with audio commentary feedback from the faculty. The purpose of the quiz is to help stimulate thought and discussion when students meet in their small groups.
Technology and Software: Camtasia Studio, PowerPoint, Flash, Web.
Link to project: (plays in Windows Media player/compatible media player, Flash player is required for quiz)
Confidentiality Lecture
Title: Peripheral Nervous Systems Jeopardy Game
Faculty: Dr. Kathy Lovell
Type of project: Interactive model
Project summary: This quiz game is intended to be used by students when reviewing Peripheral Nervous System anatomy. It involves questions about spinal cord levels associated with muscle control, reflexes, and sensory dermatomes, as well as distinctions between effects of upper and lower motor neurons.
The design is similar to a game of Jeopardy, with points awarded for correctly answering questions in each category. Because students type the answer into a text field, the questions/answers were selected to be simple entry not subject to spelling errors or terminology variations, e.g. c6, umn. The student gains practice in understanding effects of lesions at different spinal cord levels.
Technology and Software: Adobe Dreamweaver, Raptivity, Adobe Flash.
Link to project: (Flash player required)
Mostly PNS Jeopardy
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