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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Carter, Yasmin
• Costa, John
• Burbridge, Brent

Titel

Preliminary Multi‐Site Usage For The Online ‘Medical Imaging Solution For Teaching And Research’ (MISTR)

Ist Teil von

• The FASEB journal, 2016-04, Vol.30 (S1)

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals

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• Abstract only INTRODUCTION Clinical imaging is one of the most common ways medical professionals experience anatomy during their careers it is, however, only fractionally covered in the early years of medical school. This is related, in no small part, to the wholesale reduction in anatomical teaching time experienced by most programs. Additionally, there are concerns with lack of educator experience, and lack of representative images. Ideally, students need to study clinical imaging in a self‐directed manner on their own time. Anatomical teaching at UMass medical school is in the unique position of being under the purview of the Department of Radiology, allowing unprecedented access to trained educators and clinical imaging. METHODS Utilizing the previously described (Carter et al ., 2015) ‘Medical Imaging Solution for Teaching and Research’ (MISTR), an online image education resource, created at the University of Saskatchewan, a multi‐site collaborative program was designed. This education tool included access to the MISTR‐Repository, a library of clinical image cases of both normal and variant anatomy, online case‐based education modules, and vitally, O.D.I.N. a unique online dicom image navigator that preserves image resolution and facilitates easy image access. DISCUSSION The key to MISTR's success is the modular nature of the program. Multiple instructors can utilize individual clinical images in multiple ways. New cases can be built utilizing the same images without disturbing other cases. Purpose built plugins for ‘Blackboard’ the learning management system used by both sites, allows a portal for all instructors to access all cases and to quickly allow instructors to associate images or cases with their coursework. The success of the program will continue to be tested with the release of the beta version in early 2016. SIGNIFICANCE Integrating clinical imaging earlier into the medical curriculum and closely associating it with gross anatomy allows students to better assimilate their understanding of anatomical structures as viewed in dissection and text books with that seen though different imaging modalities, long term we suggest this will enable easier comprehension of advanced clinical imaging and patient outcomes. Additionally, the creation of an online viewer allows students to work in a simulated clinical imaging environment at their own pace, in their own time.