eMicrobes: A Digital Library for Learning Infectious Diseases

描述（由申请人提供）： 随着越来越多的新出现的传染病和全球威胁，如艾滋病毒/艾滋病，结核病，疟疾和生物恐怖主义，传染病和微生物学的坚定理解是至关重要的所有医疗保健专业人员。然而，获得这方面的知识是困难的，因为在该领域的大量信息和有限的培训资源提供给学员和执业医生。 我们建议通过一个名为eMicrobes的数字图书馆来解决这些困难，该图书馆旨在供医疗保健提供者和学员使用。这项拨款建议的目的是：1）建立一个广泛和易于搜索的互动案例研究和图像的数字图书馆，以加强和促进传染病和微生物学的教学，以卫生保健提供者; 2）通过a）开发与NLM和其他医学电子数据库和应用程序兼容的强大资源元数据模式，以及B）利用该元数据模式来动态地整合来自医学在线资源（例如PubMed）的相关信息，以丰富病例信息;及3）广泛发放数码图书馆资源数据，并提供个人化的储存及查阅数据选择，让医护人员及受训人员可在本地电脑或手提电脑上查阅数码图书馆资源，在没有连接到互联网时，这将使该工具在服务不足的地区更加有用。 eMicrobes数字图书馆将由一个由医生、一名信息科学家、一名医学图书管理员和一名医学教育专家组成的协作小组开发。这一举措与应用组织的保健目标相一致，因为培训保健提供者是其核心使命的一部分。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With the growing number of emerging infectious diseases and global threats such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and bio-terrorism, a firm understanding of infectious diseases and microbiology is critical for all healthcare professionals. However, gaining this knowledge is difficult given the vast amount of information in the field and the limited training resources available to trainees and practicing physicians. We propose to address the difficulties through a digital library called eMicrobes designed for use by healthcare providers and trainees. The aims of this grant proposal are: 1) To create an extensive and easily searchable digital library of interactive case studies and images that strengthens and facilitates the teaching of infectious diseases and microbiology to health care providers; 2) To enhance the value and effectiveness of this digital library by a) developing a robust resource metadata schema compatible with NLM and other medical electronic databases and applications, and b) leveraging this metadata schema to dynamically integrate relevant information from medical on-line resources such as PubMed to enrich case information; and 3) To broadly disseminate the digital library resource data and provide customizable options for storing and viewing the data so that health care practitioners and trainees can access digital library resources on a local computer or hand-held device when not connected to the Internet, which will make the tool more useful in underserved areas. The eMicrobes digital library will be developed by a collaborative team of physicians, an information scientist, a medical librarian and a medical education specialist. This initiative is consistent with the health-related goals of the application organization since training of health care providers is part of its core mission.