Pilot Project for Web Resources in
Medical Education and International Health Issues

Prepared by Page S. Morahan, Ph.D.
Co-Director Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Institutes
www.faimer.org

Web-based and CDROM Educational Resources
Complied from AAMC Innovations in Medical Education Exhibits and other resources – November 2001 – 30 September 2003

Category

Name & Date Posted

Description

User Comments

Vendor Information

Assessment: students

Assessment Tool Box

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

 

http://www.acgme.org/outcome/instrmod/instrModHome.asp

DxR Clinician

Dec2002

 

 

-clinical teaching & competency exam SOFTWARE (CDROM or Web Versions)

-Over 85 cases & faculty can modify case data

-DxR authoring tool to create new cases

-FREE DEMO DISK

-INTERESTED IN PILOT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IF YOU AUTHOR CASES!!

 

DxR Development Group, Inc., 150 E. Pleasant Hill Road, Carbondale, IL 62901-9806

T 618-453-1140

Diane.tennyson@dxrgroup.com

www.dxrgroup.com

EvalSuite

Nov2001

 

open source software -for evaluation

 

Gold Standard Multimedia

T 800-375-0943

www.gsm.com

academicsales@gsm.com

Exam Master

Nov2001

-Create exams from 16,000+ questions – BS & CS

-USMLE board prep

-Special certification exams (FamMed, IM, OB/G, Ped, Surg)

-Institutional version & academic version

-Exam management

 

Marketing & Sales, Exam Master Corporation, 500 Ethel Court, Middletown, DE 19709-9410

T – 302-378-0159

www.exammaster.comm/wds

Electronic portfolios

Indiana University collaboration for common software for student, faculty, career portfolios

 

http://cyberlab.iupui.edu/epsilen/index.htm

 

Electronic Portfolios

Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education (CTE): tools to make electronic portfolios for teachers (give you ideas for similar approaches for medical students & residents)

 

http://www.cte.jhu.edu/epweb

 

 

NBME

Apr2003

Various resources for assessment of medical student performance, including recent publication on assessing professionalism

 

www.nbme.org

Quizzes

Dec2002

-template faculty can use to create online student self-assessment, for brief or more lengthy or multiple tests (gross & sectional anatomy, women’s health, clinical simulation of fetal heart rate)

-case studies

-POSSIBILITY OF REDUCED COST FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

 

Jeanne Cohen, President

NewMentor, 360 Post Street, Suite 402, San Francisco, CA 94108

T 415-362-4021

www.newmentor.com

jcohen@newmentor.com

WebQ and WebSP

Dec2002

-Tulane University developed software – integrated web-based solution for conducting survey research & student evaluation, including standardized patient-based assessment of professional skills

-monthly subscription fee

-POSSIBILITY OF REDUCED COST FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

 

http://lionis.net

info@lionis.net

dander@tulane.edu

 

Informatics Assessment

Nov2001

-on-line assessment for 1st year students for: basic computer skills and word processing skills, internet and web searching skills, library and research skills

-WebCT platform, 7 parts

 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Levy Library Reference Department, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1102, New York, NY 10029

T 212-241-7204

Refdesk@mssm.edu

http://www.mssm.edu/library

Learning Styles

Jul2002

FREE: Quick on-line learning style inventory to help students know if they prefer to learn by action vs. reflection; sensing vs. intuition; visual vs. verbal; sequentially vs. globally

Oct 2005: David Cameron

Easy to access; easy to use; practical with sensible suggestions how to maximize learning for students; MBTI of learning styles

http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/ilsweb.html

Web evaluation system

-Medical education administration SOFTWARE for administration of clerkships, undergraduate medical education and postgraduate medical education

-Dynamic reporting

 

Chris Kanuka, Project Development

One 45 Software, Inc.

North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Chris@web-eval.com

 

Testing-Health Sciences

Nov2001

-Head to Toe questions in Gross Anatomy, Gross & Sectional Anatomy, Women’s Health Pathology, Clinical Simulation of Fetal Heart Rate

-also create/conduct computer-based exams in all health sciences

-created in 1997 at Virginia Commonwealth University

-import unlimited questions, up to 10 answer choices, to password-protected database; attach images, audio, video files

-statistical analysis of performance

-FREE DEMO DISK

 

NewMentor, 360 Post Street, Suite 402, San Francisco, CA 94108

T 415-362-4021

www.newmentor.com

jcohen@newmentor.com

Content: Basic Science, Clinical, Evidence Based Medicine

Anatomy & Pathology

CUMEDLEARN.org. Atlas of Histology; Interactive Neuroanatomy Atlas; Interactive Anatomy Atlas of Abdomen; Ineractive Anatomy Atlas of Foot; Pathology Atlas of Gross & Microscopic Images: Oncology Case Studies;

 

www.cumedlearn.org

Content questions: Jay Leftkowitch, MD, jh13@columbia.edu

Licensing questions: Pat Molholt, PhD, molholt@columbia.edu

Biochemistry

Acid Base physiology module, tutorial from Tulane University Anesthesiology Department

Feb2003: Recommended by Henry Campos

www.acid-base.com

 

Clinical Medicine, general

Dec2002

-Medical cases for teaching various topics – requires web access

-INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Dec2002: Page Morahan gave MedCases contact  information for several FAIMER Fellows

Jeff Levy, MD

President, MedCases

Philadelphia, PA

www.medcases.com

jlevy@medcases.com

Clinical Medicine, general

Nov2001

MD Consult: Helps physicians find and use medical information

 

http://www.mdconsult.com

Clinical Medicine, general

Nov2001

-MEDLINE via PubMed

-MEDLINEplus – consumer health website

-ClinicalTrials.gov – comprehensive database of US clinical trials

-NLM Gateway

FREE

 

National Library of Medicine

www.nlm.nih.gov/index

 

Clinical Medicine, general

Jul2002

Stanford University’s Skolar MD: medical knowledge system to provide MDs with answers to clinical questions

 

www.skolar.com

 

Clinical Medicine, end of life

Nov2001

EPERC (End of Life Physician Education Resource Center)

-on-line centralized comprehensive peer-reviewed clearinghouse for end of life physician educators

-abstracts with teaching format, purpose, intended audience, how to obtain material

-refereed forum for end of life educators - can submit instructional materials with end of life care as primary focus, written in English

 

EPERC Project Manager

Medical College of Wisconsin

MEB – Room 3235

8701 Watertown Plank Road

Milwaukee, WI 53226

T 414-456-4353

Eperc@mail.mcw.edu

Clinical Medicine, Primary Care

Nov2001

UME-21: Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century

-collaborative project of Primary Care Organizations Consortium of 18 medical schools

-various innovative curriculum projects, some web based

 

http://www.aacom.org/UME/

Clinical Medicine, Primary Care

Jan2002

University of California San Francisco guidelines for evidence based medicine in primary care clinical practice

 

http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/

Clinical Medicine,  Simulated Patient

Nov2001

-simulation for taking history, completing physical exam, ordering tests, selecting diagnosis through hypothesis development and refinement

-learning in small groups interacting over Web

-understanding cross-cultural differences in practice of medicine between Southern CA and Sweden

-Stanford/SUMMIT and Karolinska Institute Project

 

Jean Stringer

Stanford University School of Medicine

SUMMIT (Stanford University Medical Media & Information Technologies)

251 Campus Dr, MSOB X236

Stanford, CA 94305-5466

Jenn@stanford.edu

Clinical Medicine, virtual hospital

University of Iowa compilation of learning resources for health and medical information for students, ,professionals, and patients

 

www.vh.org

 

Community Health

Jan2002

Creating Healthier Communities: Accelerating Community Transformations (ACT)

-toolkit for identifying and measuring community health outcomes

-collaborative of healthcare providers working with Healthcare Forum Foundation – many specific examples

 

Health and Community Outcomes, Health Forum

Mbilton@healthforum.com

www.act-toolkit.com

www.healthforum.com/HFComHealth/asp/act_summary.asp

Dermatology

Dec2001

Dermatology Teaching Site

 

www.dermis.net/index_3.htm

Epidemiology, global

Sept2003

International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) – has listserve, regional centers for education and collaborative research

Faculty at FAIMER Institute 2003

www.inclen.org

 

Epidemiology, global

Jul2002

GIDEON 2.01 CD-ROM software subscription to provide information about global epidemiology of infectious diseases, clinical features of each disease, etc.

Yearly subscription - $695

 

www.gideononline.com

GIDEON Informatics

2222 Leavenworth, Suite 103

San Francisco, CA 94133

Evidence Based Medicine

Jan2002

National Guidelines Clearinghouse for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

 

http://www.guidelines.gov

 

Evidence Based Medicine

Jan2002

Center for Disease Control: Guidelines for evidence based medicine

 

http://www.cdc.gov

 

Microbiology, AIDS

Jan2002

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) news releases in honor of the 100th anniversary.

---AIDS Patient and doctor http://www.paho.org/Images/DPI/100/aids01_thumbnail.jpg

---AIDS: Present and Future of the Epidemic in the Americas ", shows national health systems in the Americas could improve how they handle the AIDS epidemic, as well as how they provide care to individuals who have the disease.

http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/100/100feature01.htm

---AIDS Information Class

http://www.paho.org/Images/DPI/100/aids02_thumbnail.jpg

 

http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/100/english.htm

 

 

Microbiology, clinical

Jan2002

MICRO II: Cases in Clinical Microbiology

-34 selected microbiology cases from book

ISBN 1-55581–145-0

FREE – demonstration disk, if request on university stationery and indicate course title, semester, and expected enrollment

- Site license - $59.95, Up to 5 sites - $300.00

 

American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

ASM Press

1752 N Street NW

Washington, DC 20036-2904

www.asmpress.org

Microbiology, fungus

Sept2003

Dr. Fungus, The World of Fungus – independent medical education website launched by international group of physicians & scientists

 

www.doctorfungus.org

 

Microbiology, general

Aug2002

-Visuals and other educational information, including recommendations for core curriculum in undergraduate microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology and other sources

FREE: some free, and others free preview

 

 

www.microbelibrary.org,

www.microbeworld.org

http://microbe.org/microbes/what_is.asp

http://www.jgi.doe.gov/JGI_microbial/html/index.html

www.hhmi.org/beyondbio101/

www.whyfiles.org

Telecourse at¨ htttp:/www.microbeworld.org/mlc/pages/telecourse.asp

Core Curriculum at: http://www.asmusa.org/edusrc/edu32a.htm#Core

Microbiology, fungal infections

Fungal Infections Virtual Grand Rounds – site that discusses topics of recognizing, diagnosing and treating fungal diseases – 8 videotaped lectures for noncredit online course

 

www.figrandrounds.org

 

Microbiology, international

Jan2002

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) International Committee strategic plan

 

www.asmusa.org/international/welcome.htm

Microbiology, tropical diseases

Sept2003

TDR Image Library – e-catalog provided by Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases – independent global collaboration of UN, World Bank, and WHO. Has > 13,000 images & information on 10 diseases.

 

www.who.int/tdr/media/image.html

 

Virtual Problem based learning

-Universities of New Mexico & Hawaii Project TOUCH – to provide virtual PBL in remote areas through advanced computing

 

Dale Alverson, MD, U New Mexico, 505-272-8633

Stanley Saiki, MD, U Hawaii, 808-433-7347

http://hsc.unm.edu/touch

Surgical  modules

Dec2002

-Surgical interactive multimedia modules (SIMM) – teaching & assessment

-Multimedia, digital video, 3D animations, etc.

-Developed by Advanced Educational Systems (AES), New York University SOM

 

SIMMs@med.nyu.edu

 

Surgical resources

Feb2003

FREE – teaching materials, MCQs, journal club, FAQs, etc.

Feb2003: Recommended by Avinash Supe

http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk

 

Surgical resources

Feb2003

Low cost - $15 for 50 sessions of 20 min each

Feb2003: Recommended by Avinash Supe

http://www.vesalius.com

Many courses

Sept2003

National Science Foundation (NSF) digital library, including MicrobeLibrary.

 

www.NDSL.org

 

Many courses

Sept2003

American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) biology education material

 

www.biosciednet.org

 

Many courses

Feb2003

FREE – Virtual Hospital by University of Iowa – has much information, including surgery, family medicine, etc.

Feb2003: Recommended by Avinash Supe

http://www.vh.org

 

Many courses

Feb2003

MIT OpenCourseWare project - course materials on line – includes biology, chemistry, anthropology, software, engineering, mathematics, etc.

-good model for on-line courseware structure (syllabus, calendar, lecture notes, assignments & exams, required readings, related resources & tools, projects)

 

www.ocw.mit.edu

 

Many courses

Dec2002

-University of Minnesota Duluth developed CDROM and web based content (histology, neurosciences, alcoholism)

-includes content, quizzes, interactive learning

 

Cheryl Pearson

218-726-7571

cpearso@umn.edu

http://penguin.d.umn.edu/marketing

 

Many courses

Dec2002

WebSlide – virtual microscopy – replaces glass slide collection

FREE DEMO DISK AVAILABLE

 

Bacus Laboratories Inc.

410 Eisenhower Lane N, Lombard, IL 60148

630-424-9750

www.bacuslabs.com

Many courses

Dec2002

 

-Integrated medical curriculum  (basic clinical skills, clinical embryology, clinical musculoskeletal pathology, human physiology, immunology, etc.)

-POSSIBLILITY OF REDUCED COST – NEED TO KNOW # STUDENTS, COURSES, ETC.

 

Tanya Thomas, Manager, Distributors & International Sales

Gold Standard Multimedia

T 800-375-0943

Thomas.t@gsm.com

www.gsm.com

academicsales@gsm.com

Many courses

Nov2001

-Basic clinical skills; clinical human embryology; clinical musculoskeletal pathology; cross-sectional anatomy; The Doctor’s Dilemma (ethical issues); essentials of human physiology; essentials of immunology; human anatomy; microscopic anatomy; radiologic anatomy; clinical pharmacology on hand

-online individual subscriptions ($20-35)

-Individual CDRom ($99)

 

Integrated Medical Curriculum

Gold Standard Multimedia

T 800-375-0943

www.gsm.com

academicsales@gsm.com

Many courses

Dec2002

-Publishers of the Netter Collection (over 20,000 individual illustrations in anatomy, obstetrics, human physiology, internal medicine, neurosciences, orthopedics, digestive system, endocrine, etc. from the Novartis Pharmaceutical Company.

-Mostly hard copy – some interactive for MAC or PC (interactive atlas of human anatomy, electrocardiography, coronary heart disease)

-Some faculty guides available

 

Alison Hankey, Manager, Licensing & Electronic Product Development

ICON Learning Systems, Educational Publishing

Teterboro, NJ 07808

www.netterart.com

Ahankey.icon@medimedia.com

 

PharmaPaC – Simulation-based learning

Nov2001

-2-week course on clinical pharmacologic reasoning

-learning in small groups interacting over Web

-understanding cross-cultural differences in practice of medicine between Southern CA and Sweden

-Stanford/SUMMIT and Karolinska Institute Project

 

Jean Stringer

Stanford University School of Medicine

SUMMIT (Stanford Univ. Medical Media & Information Technologies)

251 Campus Dr, MSOB X236, Stanford, CA 94305-5466

Jenn@stanford.edu

Content: Informatics

Mastering Medical Information (MMI)

Nov2001

-course for 1st year medical students with 3 computer labs (Medline searching, Evidence based medicine resources) & 3 1-hr conference discussions

 

Kathryn Nesbit

University of Rochester

Katy_nesbit@urmc.rochester.edu

Janis Glover, Yale University

Janis.glover@yale.edu

Assessing Medical Informatics

Course outline and pre- and post-assessment instruments

 

Brynn Mays, MSLS, Georgetown University Medical Center

Bem6@georgetown.edu

WiderNet project

Nov2001

Site hosted by University of Iowa to bring together information and resources on increasing IT infrastructure and capability to Africa

 

www.widernet.org

 

Introduction to Medical Informatics

Nov2001

9 sections: ethics & copyright; basic computer skills; internet basics; finding information on www; evaluating information from www; searching professional literature; word processing; powerpoint; xcel

 

Alexandria Gomes

Instructional Technology Librarian

The George Washington University

Medical Center

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

2300 Eye Street NW

Washington, DC 20037

T 202-994-1825

Mlbawg@gwumc.edu

Content: Leadership & Management

E-annoncements

FREE SOFTWARE: electronic invitations, announcements for up to 200 people

 

www.senada.com

On-line courses

Apr2003

Virtual Yellow Pages of e-learning courses, programs & certificates in all subjects

 

www.worldwidelearn.com

 

 

Planning tools

 

www.grove.com

E-surveys

FREE SOFTWARE: basic surveys – create, send, manage

 

www.zoomerang.com

Education: Medical

Education: Informatics, Distance Learning, & MultiMedia

AAMC

Nov2001

Contemporary Issues in Medical Education –

 

www.aamc.org.meded/edres/cinme/start.htm

AAMC

Nov2001

AAMC Medical Student’s Objectives

 

 

www.aamc.org/meded/msop/start.htm

AAMC Technology

Feb2003

Listserve for technology in medical education

 

To subscribe, email majordomo@aamcinfo.aamc.org with “subscribe-med-ed” (without the quotes) in the body of the message

AMEDEO

Feb2003

FREE: Medical information service: provides customized literature updates free of charge via email

 

www.amedeo.com

 

Distance Learning

May2003

Distance Learning Evaluation Guide – has much information & many additional resources

 

www.acenet.edu/bookstore

 

Open Source software

Feb2004

Several open source software projects

*Comprehensive Collaboration Framework: distance learning & collaboration

*dSpace: digital archive

*ePortfolio: for students, faculty, staff to organize, store and share work samples

*Globus: web infrastructure for “grid” services

*Shibboleth: secure Web infrastructure to share databases

*uPortal: campuswide we portal

 

www.chefproject.org/index.htm

www.dspace.org

www.theopsi.org

www.globus.org

http://shibboleth.internet2.edu

www.ja-sig.org

 

Global Learning Network

Nov2001

-international community for interactive learning labs (CA in USA, Sweden, Germany) – Wallenberg Global Learning Network

-developed above two courses

 

www.wgln.org

info@wgln.org

HEAL

Feb2004

FREE: Health Education Assets Library – national digital library for managing portable multimedia assets. Collaboration of UCLA, UCSF, and Charles R. Drew University in CA, USA. Application, source code, metadata schema, documentation, & training materials to be released in 2005.

 

www.healcentral.org

or Sebastian Uijtdehaage, PhD

bas@mednet.ucla.edu

 

Nursing Distance Education

Sept2003

Partnerships in Training – project of Association of Academic Health Centers to develop on-line curricula in nursing and other health professions.

 

www.pftweb.org

Or contact Laurie Posey, Deputy Director, PFT, lposey@acadhlthctrs.org

Residents’ Teaching Skills Web Site Project

Nov2001

-developed with Graduate Medical Education Section of AAMC’s Group on Educational Affairs

-in beta version

-clinical teaching perception inventory instrument, videos of teaching performance, etc.

 

www.residentteachers.com

Elizabeth Morrison, MD

University of California Irvine

Ehmorris@uci.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Science search engine

Feb2003

Science-specific search engine by Elsevier Science. Can pick up information that other engines miss, including pdf files

 

www.scirus.com

 

Timelit (Topics in Medical Education LITerature)

Jan2002

-FREE access to evidence in medical education

-over 40,000 citations

-databank for articles considered for BEME systematic reviews (see below)

-links to abstracts and full text where available

 

http://www.timelit.org

 

Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME)

Jan2002

-Collaborative committed to promotion of Best Evidence Medical Education through dissemination of information; production of reviews; creation of culture of best evidence

-International Topic Review Groups for: use of feedback in assessment; faculty development; simulation; interprofessional education; web-based clinical teaching; student predictors of performance in medical careers

 

www.bemecollaboration.org

-to join BEME, contact Pat Lilley

p.m.lilley@dundee.ac.uk

-to join BEME listserve, contact Alex Haig

a.haig@dundee.ac.uk

Evidence Based Education

Jan2002

 

 

http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsp/resources/ebm.shtml

Abuse in medical education

Apr2002

American Medical Women´s Association. Position paper on abuse in medical education and training programs.

 

 

http://www.amwa-doc.org/publications/Position_Papers/abusemedical.htm

AAMC Group on Educational Affairs (GEA)

Nov2001

-various listservs for AAMC

-undergraduate medical education (UGME)

-continuing medical education (CME)

-graduate medical education (GME)

-research in medical education (RME)

 

To subscribe, send to:

Majordomo@aamcinfo.aamc.org

In message box, type:

Subscribe geaugmemail <your email address> (change for each listserve)

-Questions, contact Cynthia Woodard, cawoodard@aamc.org

WEB-ED

Library Informatics & Research Assessment

Nov2001

-on-line assessment for 1st year students for: basic computer skills and word processing skills, internet and web searching skills, library and research skills

-WebCT platform, 7 parts

 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Levy Library Reference Department, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1102

New York, NY 10029

T 212-241-7204

Refdesk@mssm.edu

http://www.mssm.edu/library

BareBones 101

Nov2001

-On-line course for teaching students basics of searching, etc.

 

www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html

Education: Online Course Management

On-line tools for K-12

Northwestern University site with on-line course management features

 

http://collaboratory.nunet.net/cwebdocs/index.html

Distance learning principles

Sept2003

American Council on Education (ACE) – has several publications, some downloadable for FREE, including Guiding Principles for Distance Education. Another useful one is Distance Learning: Evaluation Guide

 

www.acenet.edu/bookstore/bookstore-catalog

 

On-line tools

University of Washington site with on-line course management tools

 

http://catalyst.washington.edu

 

Open Source software

Feb2004

Several open source software projects

*Comprehensive Collaboration Framework: distance learning & collaboration

*dSpace: digital archive

*ePortfolio: for students, faculty, staff to organize, store and share work samples

*Globus: web infrastructure for “grid” services

*Shibboleth: secure Web infrastructure to share databases

*uPortal: campuswide we portal

 

www.chefproject.org/index.htm

www.dspace.org

www.theopsi.org

www.globus.org

http://shibboleth.internet2.edu

www.ja-sig.org

 

Medical School Profile System

Dec2002

AAMC has various services and databases for US medical schools – might serve as models for other countries (basic science department data; clinical department data; medical school profile report; faculty roster data)

 

Donna Williams, Manager

AAMC, Washington, DC

Djwilliams@aamc.org

 

 

 

Sun Microsystems Software

Sept2003

FREE: nearly 100 software products, including programming tools. Colleges must sign up, but do not have to use Sun products. Products include: Solaris 9, StarOffice, and Sun One Studio for the Java platform.

 

Kim.jones@sun.com for instructions on how to get the software

IT tools for teaching

University of Sydney materials – web site is password protected, but Visitors Guide provides comprehensive overview

Nor Azila Mohn Adnan: good overview

www.gmp.usyd.edu.au

Contact: Greg Ryan

Gryan@gmp.usyd.edu.au

Combining technology

Example of website with photos, audio, and Powerpoint slides of presentations

 

www.si.umich.edu/ICOS/Presentations/20011207

 

 

Authoring tools

Dec2002

-Tufts SOM developed - authoring tools that allow easy transfer to desktop, handheld or future tools; allow searches and links between documents, images, objectives, etc.; metadata to track document identifiers; Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) metathesaurus to select keywords

-open source tools - Softquad’s SmetaL & Tufts markup language

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

 

Susan Albright, Director

Tarik Alkasab, Senior Systems Architect

Tufts Health Sciences

Health Sciences Database

Boston, MA

T 617-636-2191

Tarik.alkasab@tufts.edu

Angel

Nov2001

-course management and collaboration system

-used at Indiana, Wright State

-include collaboration aspect among different institutional users

Angel Courseware - FREE LICENSE for US non-profit educational institutions, runs on Access database, OK with 30 concurrent users

-Angel Enterprise – provides campus-wide course management & communication

FREE SOFTWARE

 

CyberLearningLabs

Indianapolis, IN

T 317-860-3810

www.cyberlearninglabs.com

 

WebCT

Nov2001

-major online education platform used in US

-pretty simple for faculty to put up own courses

-very easy for students

 

www.webct.com

 

Blackboard

Nov2001

-major online education platform used in US

-simple for faculty to put up own courses, but not too flexible in format

-easy for students to use

FREE SOFTWARE – basic courseware for individual instructors (has many of features needed)

 

www.blackboard.com

 

Jones University

Feb2003

FREE SOFTWARE – course management & delivery platform with open source code – used PHP, an internet-based scripting language, and works with Sun Solaris operating system and MySQL open source database

-online education platform used in US

 

 

www.jonesknowledge.com

http://www.jonesknowledge.com/press_release.php?releaseid=54

e-College

Nov2001

-online education platform used in US

-turn-key operation – they do all the work putting up the material – expensive

 

www.ecollege.com

 

Plagiarism Prevention

Feb2003

Nifty inexpensive software to help faculty determine if students have plagiarized materials on-line, & to prevent plagiarism. Used in 50 countries.

 

www.turnitin.com

 

Thompson

Feb2003

Various electronic solutions – Custom course, Skills Assessment Manager, Online Courses in IT and business professional development, etc. from one of largest education providers.

 

www.thomsonelearning.com

 

USDLA

Nov2001

United States Distance Learning Association

 

www.usdia.org

Distance education recommendation

Jan2001

Issued by US regional accrediting agency – Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs

 

www.wiche.edu/telecom/article1.htm

 

Web pages

Jan2002

-Tips for putting together a web site, case studies, tutorials

 

www.hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey

Classroom portal

Nov2002

FREE SOFTWARE developed by Searle Center for Teaching Effectiveness at Northwestern University. Can list class and assignment schedules, do threaded discussion, post documents.

 

www.nicenet.org

Concept mapping

Nov2001

Software -  Idea Sketching: “AXON Idea Processor”

 

 

http://web.singnet.sg/~axon2000/download.htm

Multimedia resources

Nov2001

State University of New York (SUNY) MERLOT "Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and On-Line Teaching" Project. Goal: improve effectiveness of teaching and learning by expanding quantity and quality of peer-reviewed online learning materials to incorporate into faculty courses.

 

http://www.merlot.org.

Evaluation: Course & Curriculum

 

CourseEval

Dec2002

SOFTWARE

-course, clerkship, service rotation evaluation – Need Web access

-yes/no, 4-5 item Likert, N/A, open-ended answers

-statistical analyses

-faculty can review their assessments on line

-other software products: admissions management, curriculum analysis tools, CVs, exam manager

 

Academic Management Systems

1576 Sweet Home Rd, Amherst NY 14228-2710

T 716-204-0464

www.academicmanagement.com

Teaching Portfolios

Various on-line tools for preparing portfolios to document teaching activity and effectiveness

 

www.dal.ca/~oidt/resources.html

 

WebQ

Dec2002

-Tulane University developed software – integrated web-based solution for conducting survey research & student evaluation

-monthly subscription fee

-POSSIBILITY OF REDUCED COST FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

 

 

http://lionis.net

info@lionis.net

dander@tulane.edu

 

Fulbright Program evaluation

Dec2002

-Outcome assessment of US Fulbright Scholar Program – both executive summary and full report are available

Oct2002 – John Norcini: useful model for leadership programs

1 page: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/evaluations/onepagers/usscholar_fulbright.pdf

Full: evaluations@pd.state.gov

Others: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/evaluations

ESS

Nov2001

-student evaluation

-course evaluation (text comments, statistical summaries, e-mail reminders for missing evaluations)

-based on networked system in use at Washington U

 

Jochen Haber

16404 Royal Hills Drive

Encino, CA 91436

818-789-5192

F – 818-905-6804

j.haber@att.net

http://home.att.net/~j.haber

e-College

Nov2001

-on-line course evaluations

-give vendor basic Word document and they do work to put survey on line

-many options of questions

-statistical analyses

-faculty review assessments on line (though takes several steps)

 

e-College

www.ecollege.com

 

Teaching portfolio

University of Texas information

See also the Electronic Portfolio under the category, “Assessment: Student” in this table

Avinash Supe: useful site

www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/teachfolio.html

 

Web Evaluation

NEGOTIATION MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. Administrative software. Undergraduate education, CurrMIT data interface, faculty CV administration tools, postgrad/clerkship administration, clinical department tools

 

Jerome Valdez, Project Development, One45 Software, North Vancouver, BC

Jerome@one45.com

www.one45.com

U New Mexico

Nov2001

Stewart Mennin’s Unit

 

 

http://hsc.unm.edu/som/ted/index.html

International: Country & Cultural Information

General

World Health Organization  - The World Health Reports

 

www.who.int/whr/

General

National health, economic, educational, etc. indicators

 

www.undp.org/hdr2001/indicator

General

-Good source of all kinds of data

 

www.cia.gov/publication/factbook

Cultural awareness

Caux Round Table: Promotes corporate and individual responsibility as a way to reduce social and economic threats to world peace and stability. Has a set of PRINCIPLES FOR BUSINESS, in 11 languages

 

www.cauxroundtable.org/english.htm

 

Cultural awareness

EthnoQuest, Simulations of ethnographic experiences, to teach anthropology students, and to promote cultural awareness and understanding. Published by Prentice Hall.

 

Demo version at

http://ajax.prenhall.com/divisions/hss/app/ethnoquest

Cultural awareness

-Global Country Series: Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Germany, Singapore, UK

-7.5 hr per course ($750)

 

AcrossFrontiersInternational

212-370-4915

www.acrossfrontiers.com

Cultural awareness

-Global Business Navigator: Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Germany, Singapore, UK – 2.5 hr - $399 per person

 

AcrossFrontiersInternational

212-370-4915

www.acrossfrontiers.com

Multi-ethnic pedagogy

Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE):

Has 41 minute video, Studies in Native American Education: Improving Education for Zuni Children. Has established Standards for Effective Pedagogy for culturally and linguistically diverse students.

 

University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

831-459-3500

www.crede.ucsc.edu

For 5 min excerpt: www.crede.ucsc.edu/products/multimedia/multimedia.html

Sustainable growth

World Business Council for Sustainable Development – coalition of 150 international companies committed to economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. Web site has information, case studies, etc.

 

www.wbcsd.ch

 

Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

 

www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

World Religions

Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions

 

Info@cpwr.org

Traveler health info

US Centers for Disease Control  Biennial Publication of health requirements for travelers

 

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/yb/

 

International: Education & Medical Education & Health Information & Organizations

AAHE

May2003

American Association of Higher Education – membership organization – has Forums on Assessment and on Faculty – on-line articles

 

www.aahe.org

I&a@aahe.org

AHC

Association of Academic Health Centers, organizations with a medical school, hospital and at least one other health professions school

 

www.ahcnet.org

 

AME

Association of Medical Educators in Europe

 

www.amee.org/conf2002/index.html

ASME

Association for the Study of Medical Education – membership organization – receive Medical Education journal

 

www.asme.org.uk

info@asme.org.uk

Asia-Pacific PBL in Health Sciences

Feb2004

4th Conference, 22-25 September 2004

 

 

Center for Reproductive Health

Sept2003

University of California San Francisco – Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy – has leadership development programs for teams from developing countries – focuses on women’s health, adolescent health, birth control, and abortion education and policies

 

http://www.reprohealth.ucsf.edu

 

CPHN

USAID Center for Population, Health and Nutrition – has projects such as Commercial Market Strategies (CMS) to improve health by increasing the use of quality family planning& other health products & services

 

www.cmsproject.com

 

IHMEC

Dec2002

International Health Medical Education Consortium – individual or institutional membership – dedicated to international health education in US and Canadian medical schools and residency programs

 

www.ihmec.org

 

JHPIEGO

Sept2003

Johns Hopkins University based center that provides educational materials and expertise, and workshops for clinicians on women’s reproductive health.

Boaz Otieno-Nyunya, “very useful website, materials and teachers”

www.jhpiego.org

 

Ottawa Conference

Feb2004

Ottawa Conference for Medical Education.

Next conference, 6-8 July 2004 in Barcelona, Spain

 

www.bcmedic.com/ottawa

 

PAHO

- Pan American Health Organization  is 100 years old

-Provides information specific to Pan American region

 

www.paho.org

 

IAMSE

Dec2002

-International Association of Medical Science Educators

-next meeting, July20-23, 2002, Guadalajara, Mexico

--also have synchronous audioconferences

 

www.iamse.org

 

Global Health Council

Sept2003

World's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. Comprised of health-care professionals and organizations that include NGOs, foundations, corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that work to ensure global health for all.

 

www.globalhealth.org

 

Hispanic-serving educational organizations

-Collaboration to develop online educational programs linking Hispanic serving institutions located in the US, Puerto Rico, and Central/South America.

 

www.hets.org.

LCME

May2003

Liaison Commission for Medical Education – accredits all US and Canadian medical schools

 

www.lcme.org

 

Maastricht U

Dec2002

-Innovative PBL SOM that offers courses for students given in English – open to students from foreign medical schools

 

Office for International Relations, Medical Education Institute, Maastricht U

m.senden@oifdg.unimaas.nl

http://www.bibfdg.unimaas.nl

IMED

May2003

List of all government-licensed medical schools in the world – maintained by Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education & Research

 

http://imed.ecfmg.org

 

The Network

Sept2003

Community Partnerships for Health through Innovative Education, Service, and Research

-Global association of institutions for education of health professionals committed to contribute, through education, research and service, to the improvement and sustainment of health in the communities they serve.

-Emphasizes educational research, research on priority health needs and on the efficacy of the health services. The Network invites the collaboration of like-minded organizations.

-Collaborating with WHO Towards Unity for Health (TUFH)

 

P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht,
The Netherlands

Tel.: 31-(0)43-3881524/1522
Telefax: 31-(0)43-3884142
To join listserv: secretariat@network.unimaas.nl

website:

www.network.unimaas.nl

www.the-networktufh.org

Fogarty International Center

Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA – has various awards to foster international collaboration with US institutions

 

http://www.nih.gov/fic/programs.html

 

British Open University

Open University Centre for Education in Medicine (OUCEM): major provider of distance education; have a free newsletter with many resources they have developed

 

http://iet.open.ac.uk/oucem

 

Hong Kong International Consortium

International Database for Enhanced Assessments & Learning (IDEA): for sharing medical student assessment banks.

 

www.hkwebmed.org

Contact: James Ware, warej@chse.wits.ac.za

 

TLHE

International Conference in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Next meeting 1-3 December 2004, Singapore

 

www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/tlhe

IVIMEDS

International Virtual Medical School: collaboration of 52 medical schools world-wide, begun in 2001, for sharing educational materials, to expand access, etc.

 

www.ivimeds.org

 

Retiired Scientists Cooperative

Sept2003

Newly formed clearinghouse to: (1) tap the skills & knowledge of retired scientists; and (2) provide opportunities for them to be useful to society

 

www.retiredscientists.org

Or contact Vida Vambutas, rsc1718@earthlink.org or 718-631-8357

 

Satellife

Jan2003

Non-profit that provides up-to-date information to medical practitioners in the developing world. Services include:

-discussion groups, e.g. AFRO-NETS

-GetWeb: allows users to send web site address they wish to view but cannot because of connectivity problems, and the text version is emailed to them

Bill Burdick: very interesting web site with useful features

www.healthnet.org

 

 

 

SDRME

Feb2003

Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education.

International membership: $25 per year. Has listserve; linkages to Offices of Medical Education websites.

 

www.sdrme.org

 

WFME

World Federation for Medical Education – has international guidelines for medical education

 

www.sund.ku.dk/wfme/main.htm

http://wfme2002.ics.dk/

International: English language help

Translation

–Supports 8 language pairs

SYSTRAN PROfessional Premium, SYSTRAN Software – 858-49.6700

 

http://w3.systranlinks.com

www.systransoft.com

Translation

-Universal Translator 2000 – 40 languages converted omin-directionally

 

www.languageforce.com

Translation

-L&H Power Translator Pro 7 – translate to/from 6 languages, & bilingual dictionary for 40 languages – Lernout & Hauspie, Burlington, MA 01803

 

www.lhsl.com

 

Dictionaries

Dictionaries & glossaries for almost any language and speciality field

 

www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html

www.yourdictionary.com/specialty.html

Dictionaries

Language dictionaries, thesaurus, translators, etc

 

www.dictionary.com

International: Professional Development & Funding

Asia-Link Program

Sept2003

European Commission program to increase mutual understanding & expertise between EU member states and Asian countries/territories. Funding available for cooperative projects in development of human resources curricula, & institutions & system.

Zalina Ismail has investigated this mechanism for funding curriculum development

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html

 

Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program

May2003

Founded in 2000 – for study anywhere in the world, for up to 3 years of graduate study leading to MS or PhD degree

 

www.fordfound.org

 

Fogarty International Center

Sept2003

U.S. National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center & Ellison Medical Foundation: cross cultural clinical research focused on global health issues. Variety of interesting programs to train international health professionals.

 

www.fic.nih.gov

www.jhsph.edu/magazine/welch/fogarty.html

www.aamc.org/overseas/fellowship

Gates Cambridge Scholarships

May2003

Founded in 2001 – 1-3 years at University of Cambridge to earn 2nd BS degree, take 1 year postgraduate course, or conduct research for Ph.D.

 

www.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk

 

Global Fund for Women

Feb2004

Grants to women’s groups outside the US. $500 to $15,000 general-support grants to organizations that demonstrate commitment to women’s equality and female human rights. Also supports Preston Education Fund for Girls, that supports schools, teacher training & curriculum programs, locally based community organizations, etc.

 

www.globalfundforwomen.org

Global Fund for Women, 1375 Sutter Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94109

415-202-7640

International Funding Sources

May2003

Financing for the Private Health Sector: A Tool to Assist the Private Health Sector in Developing Countries to Identify and Obtain Financing – revised version of Summa’s popular survey of international funding sources

 

http://r.mb00.net/s/c?2dz.4ho3.2.1tqi.h8

http://www.summafund.com

Maastricht Award

Feb2004

Wynand Wijnen Award for innovative medical education in developing countries – to person, group, project, institution, organization. Deadline = 1 December 2003. Award = 13,000 Euro

 

Submit 500 word proposal to g.majoor@oifdg.unimaas.nl

 

Microbiology

Jan2002

-American Society of Microbiology - 3 International Fellowship Awards.

-2002 awardees from University of Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

 

www.asmusa.org

www.asmusa.org/International/International-Fellowship-Program.htm

PBL course

Maastricht Faculty of Medicine

Summer course – “Expanding Horizons in Problem-Based Learning” – June 16-27, 2003 (Part I, June 16-20; Part II, June 23-27)

 

http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/bib/summercourse

Contact: welcome@oifdg.unimaas.nl

 

Retired professors

Dec2002

Association of Commonwealth Universities - Retired Academics Database – information about academics interested in short term assignments (3 months or more) – Association will help match academics with short term openings in Africa, Asia and Caribbean

 

 

http://www.acu.ac.uk/adverts/rad)

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Feb2003

$ - NEW DIRECTIONS – South Africa is “pivotal” area; HIV/AIDS in children is major focus

 

www.rbf.org

Annette Rickel, Program Officer

 

UNESCO

Regional UNESCO Chair for women, science & technology in Latin America

 

www.catunescomujer.org

catunesco@flacso.org.ar

Women scientists

Jan2002

AAAS – 2002-2003 Women’s International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program – partnerships between women scientists in another country

 

www.aaas.org/international/wiscnew.shtml

Journals, Books & Newsletters: General

Apr2002

Portal site for Free Medical Journals

 

www.freemedicaljournals.com

Feb2004

World Education News & Reviews. Has separate sections for Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Middle East

 

www.wes.org/resources

 

Dec2002

-FREE DEMO SOFTWARE - Scientific Journal Article organizer – Easy Articles

-method of archiving PubMed articles for future bibliographies

 

Synaptosoft, Inc., Decatur, GA

http://www.synaptosoft.com

web@synaptosoft.com

 

FREE Management Library

 

www.managementhelp.org

Jan2002

WHO initiative to provide free on-line medical literature – English, Spanish, French

 

www.healthinternetwork.org

Apr2002

Portal to global medical research: On-line journals, related sites, conferences, listservs

 

www.medicinearena.com

 

Apr2002

FREE: free books for doctors; wide though somewhat random selection of medical texts.

 

www.freebooks4doctors.com

Nov2001

Site that can forward new articles on your selection of biomedical journals to your e-mail box

 

www.amedeo.com

Journals, Books & Newsletters: Basic & Clinical Sciences

Jan2002

Journal: Ethnicity and Disease

 

www.ishib.org/main/ed-journal.htm

Dec2002

Informatics Review – on line journal focusing on clinical computing & medical informatics

Oct. 2002 - Dan Kayongo, Debo Adeyemo: useful web site

http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html

Feb2004

FREE: links to journals that provide free online full-text articles

 

www.freemedicaljournals.com

Feb2004

FREE: list of links to journals that provide free online full-text articles

 

http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

Feb2004

FREE: links to research and medical journals and sites

 

http://medworld.stanford.edu/home

Mar2002

American Society for Microbiology – has Global Outreach Program for free journals to 34 of poorest nations re UN Human Development Index

 

www.asmusa.org

Dec2001

Journal: Medical Scientist Monitor International Journal

 

www.MedSciMonit.com

Jan2002

FREE The Scientist – weekly on-line news journal for life sciences in US

 

www.the-scientist.com/memberlogin.htm

Mar2002

FREE International Electronic Journal of Rural and Remote Health Research, Education, Practice and Policy

 

http://rrh.deakin.edu.au/

 

Apr2002

FREE: American Thoracic Society offers free subscriptions to American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and to American Journal of Respiratory, Cell and Molecular Biology; through “Guest Subscription Program” for 62 underserved countries

 

http://www.thoracic.org/membership/guestsub.asp for applications

Send applications to: guestsub@thoracic.org

Journals, Books & Newsletters: Education

Dec2002

FREE: British Open University newsletter

Nov2002 – see articles featuring Nancy Gary & Anand Zachariah

http://iet.open.ac.uk/oucem/AboutUs/News/newsletterJune02.pdf

 

Feb2004

Carnegie Foundation Perspectives: short pieces exploring educational issues

 

www.carnegiefoundaton.org

To subscribe, email CarnegiePresident@carnegiefoundation.org and type Subscribe in Subject line and Carnegie Foundation Perspectives in text.

Feb2003

Distance Education. Journal of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia. Published by Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group. Abstracts are in Australian Education Index, Contents Pages in Education, and Educational Research Abstracts (ERA) online

 

www.odlaa.org

Sample copy at www.tandf.co.uk/journals

Feb2004

FREE: TIMELIT. International database covering topics in medical education literature. Sponsored by AMEE, SME, Dundee, etc.

 

www.timelit.org

Feb2004

FREE: Medical Education On-line. Peer-reviewed electronic journal & repository for educational resources and book reviews. Begun in 1996.

 

www.Med-Ed-Online.org

 

Feb2004

DR-ED. Listserv for medical educators. To promote discussion & development related to medical education; facilitate networking; provide electronic forum for disseminating information about funding, etc.

 

To subscribe, address email to listserv@list.msu.edu, leave subject line blank, and put Subscribe dr-ed firstname lastname in text

Http://omerad.msu.edu

Feb2003

Educational Media International. Published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Abstracts in British Education Index, Contents Pages in Education Index, ERA, ERIC.

 

Sample copy at www.tandf.co.uk/journals

Feb2003

Gender and Education. Published by Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group. Abstracts in Social Science Citation Index & most others.

 

Sample copy at www.tandf.co.uk/journals

Feb2003

Global Education Research portal for education listserves, conferences, etc.

 

www.educationarena.com

Feb2003

International Journal for Academic Development. Journal of the International Consortium for Educational Development. Published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Abstracts are in British Education Index, Contents Pages in Education, EBSCO host Electronic Journal Services (EJS), Higher Education Digest (HERI), Educational Research Abstracts (ERA) online, and Research into Higher Education Abstracts. 

 

Sample copy at www.tandf.co.uk/journals

Dec2002

Kogen Page Publishing – has excellent series on E-learning

Dec2002 – Page Morahan: highly recommended series

 

Dec2002

FREE: MC Medical Education – on line journal publishing research articles after full peer review – undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education - published by BioMed Central Ltd. Since 2000

Nov2002 - Anand Zachariah: recommended

http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmededuc/about/

 

Feb2003

Journal of Curriculum Studies. Published by Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group. Abstracts are in British Education Index, Contents Pages in Education, Current Contents social & Behavioral Sciences, Current Index of Journals in Education (ERIC), Educational Research Abstracts (ERA) online, and Social Sciences Citation Index.

 

Sample copy at www.tandf.co.uk/journals

Mar2002

FREE Journal: Microbiology Education – previous volumes available as pdf

 

www.microbelibrary.org/Journal

Feb2003

Open Learning. Journal of Open and Distance Learning, published on behalf of The Open University.  Abstracts are in British Education Index, Contents Pages in Education, and Educational Research Abstracts (ERA) online, and Eric: Information & Technology.  Published by Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group.

 

Sample copy at www.tandf.co.uk/journals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journals, Books & Newsletters: Miscellaneous

Aug2002

FREE: E-newsletter of Institute for Noetic Sciences (leadership, spirituality and science)

 

IConnect@noetic.org, or subscribe to

Iconnectsub@noetic.org

Put Subscribe in the subject line

Dec2002

FREE: Education Economy, published by Eduventures – has periodic reports of interest as well as PP presentations

 

www.eduventures.com

Education-economy@eduventures.com

 

Dec2001

FREE - Corporate University Xchange e-News of corporate and e-learning activities

 

www.corpu.com.

Feb2003

FREEWomen’s Enews – international news on women’s issues from non-profit group

Feb2003: Recommended by Page Morahan

To subscribe, send message to memberssvcs@womensenews.org

www.womensenews.org