Medical Training Interactive Curricula System (METRICS)

描述（由申请人提供）：随着教学和学习技术的出现、医学和牙科信息学的指数级增长、全球对这些领域专业教师的迫切需求，以及圣达菲集团鼓励结合数字课程的新课程改革的授权，显然需要找到一种更高效、更有效的方法来提供教育材料。新的模式需要结合联合收割机坚实的学习和教学理论的原则，但利用新的概念和技术，以支持线性和非线性学习，综合交叉引用的课程，交互式可视化和模拟，基于网络和移动的（如iPhone）访问的新平台，并提供这在一个可靠的，安全的，全天候在线服务。此外，还必须提供编写工具，以便于容易地引进新内容，不断更新和改进课程，并根据当地情况进行定制。最后，提供学生成绩的客观量化和跨人群标准化的方法来评估学习成绩，以及衡量和优化不同教学方法的功效也非常重要。该应用程序是解决这一新范式的第一步，通过探索为医学和牙科教育开发创新，高质量和可访问的解决方案所需的基本理论，课程和技术要素。公共卫生相关性：随着教学技术的出现，个人计算机的功能和可访问性的最新进展沿着，使我们有可能改变医学信息的教育提供系统。第一阶段的补助金满足了大幅改善向卫生保健提供者提供教育内容的重要需求，最终将帮助我们找到一种更有效和更有效的方法，向公众提供卫生信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With the advent of technology in teaching and learning, the exponential growth of medical and dental informatics, the dire need of specialty instructors in these fields globally, and the mandate by the Santa Fe Group encouraging a new curriculum reform that combines digital curriculum, there is clearly a need to find a more efficient and effective method of delivering educational material. The new model needs to combine solid principles of learning and teaching theories, but take advantage of new concepts and technologies to support both linear and nonlinear learning, integrated cross-referenced curricula, interactive visualization and simulation, novel platforms for web-based and mobile (eg, iPhone) access, and provide this in a reliable, secure, online service available 24x7. In addition, providing authoring tools to facilitate the easy introduction of new content, for continuous updates and refinement of curricula, and for local customization is also important. Finally, providing methods for objective quantification of student performance and standardization across populations to evaluate academic performance, but also to gauge and optimize the efficacy of different teaching methods is also extremely important. This application is the first step in addressing this new paradigm, by exploring the fundamental theoretical, curricular, and technical elements required for developing an innovative, high quality and accessible solution for medical and dental education. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Recent advances in the power and accessibility of personal computers along with the advent of technology in teaching and learning have given us the potential to transform the educational delivery system for medical information. This Phase I grant addresses the important need for substantially improving the delivery of education content to health care providers and will eventually help us find a more efficient and effective method of delivering health information to the general public.