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Volume XI, Number 1 |
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Volume XI, Number 1 |
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Web-based Teaching for Ambulatory Education
To address the challenge of a rapidly expanding body of medical knowledge, Gary Tabas of the School of Medicine will continue development of a Web-based education program focused on diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of illnesses and symptom complexes commonly seen by physicians in outpatient/office settings. He will be able to continue this work more efficiently because his project, Web-based Teaching Modules for Ambulatory Education , has been awarded a 2005 ACIE grant. Tabas’ proposal builds on a previous effort in which online modules were designed and implemented as supplemental material for residents in a pre-clinic conference experience. Noting the success of the initial online modules, Tabas proposes to broaden available online topics and to reach a wider variety of audiences. The goal is to plan and prepare 20 new modules during the award year. The modules will help students to differentiate the particular illnesses from others that have similar symptoms. They also will learn how to discuss treatment options with patients. Web-based lessons will be approximately one hour and will be incorporated into Pitt Med Navigator© , a proprietary Web-based teaching system developed by J.B. McGee, director of the Laboratory of Educational Technology. Tabas sees many advantages to using a Web-based approach and notes that such an approach “encourages active learning and standardizes what materials the students use.” Furthermore, Tabas feels that Web-based learning facilitates efficient use of teaching staff because, unlike traditional lectures, it eliminates the need for staff to present the same information again and again. And finally, the Web-based training modules will allow for the automatic tracking of students’ participation and the evaluation of their knowledge gained from the experience. To determine the success of the program itself, the project team will conduct formal survey interviews with the participants to determine effectiveness, ease of use, and satisfaction with the Web-based approach. To secure this award, Tabas was able to take advantage of his past work. As he states, “I had been working on Web-based education for the internal medicine residents.”
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