Interoperability of case-based training systems in medicine

Alexander Hörnlein Universität Würzburg

Matthias HolzerUniversität München

for the CASEPORT Consortium

What does it stand for?

CASEPORT is

the German PORTal for

CASE-based learning in medicine!

A strong starting point ...

Who participates?

4 case-based WBT systems

13 German medical faculties providing cases

from Internal Medicine

Neurology

Psychiatry

Associated partners: IMPP (German National Board of Examiners)

MediaNovo® (common multimedia database)

Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Pediatrics

Surgery

Aims of CASEPORT

Curricular integration of case-based learning & assessment in medicine

Synergy of systems over heterogeneity

Creation of a critical mass of content

Open architecture to link other systems

Open-Source (in combination with LMS ILIAS or other LMS...)

„Selective use“ of standards (AICC, LOM, SCORM, IMC)

„I want to learn about myocardial infarction“

What could we make better?

The learning systems register their cases` metadata with CASEPORT via a SOAP interface

Meta DataItem Search Presentation Access Control

Authors + +

Access authorization + +

Case title + +

Comment ++

Date of last revision + ++

Diagnoses + ++

Domains + +

Duration + ++

Learning system + +

Learning target + +

Main symptoms + +

Publication title + ++

Review State +

Short info + +

Target group + ++

Tentative diagnoses + ++Used media (e.g. pictures, video, sounds, + +

What Can You Do With CASEPORT?

Search database & work on learning cases

Create and exchange cases

Integrate case-based learning courses in your curriculum

Create user accounts and courses as a teacher

Evaluate courses

Use chat & news to communicate

Make polls after course work

Develop & implement computer-based tests

Quality Assurance

Each learning case is reviewed from three perspectivesTechnicallyPedagogicallyMedically

Review questionnaires are standardized

The review is preferrably made by experts from other institutions than the authors

The Heart of CASEPORT:The Case Search

Medical Field

Cardinal Symptom

Diagnoses

Learning Targets

Institution

Change Date

LMS: Student scenario

1) learner logs on2) login data is validated3) session token is generated and returned4) learner gets access to his courses5) learner starts case, token is passed as parameter6) session token is validated7) learning system plays case

The technical infrastructure

Example: Feedback collection

Prospects

Broadening of content coverage

Localization and adaptation of content

Intelligent linking to systematic

content

Inclusion of further systems

Grow open-source community

Joint evaluation studies

International collaboration!!

Waiting for your questions ...

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