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Background |
The Human Systems Explorer is a Web-based teaching tool designed
to clarify difficult concepts in medicine. It was designed and developed
starting in 2000 by a Harvard Medical School faculty member (Michael Parker,
MD) in collaboration with Harvard-associated medical experts and incorporates
interactive exercises, simulations, animations, and images into a framework
of text and questions. |
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Audience |
The intended audience consists of medical
students, interns, residents, and other health care professionals. Students
at Harvard Medical School have been using this tool as an integral part
of their curriculum since Fall semester of 2000. |
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Benefits |
The interactive elements (animations, simulations, and
interactive exercises) help learning in the following ways:
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Examples |
Additional samples
are available for viewing. Over 100 interactive diagrams have been developed
so far. While shown as stand-alone diagrams here, these are normally
presented in the context of the Human Systems Explorer's detailed Web-based
text explanations. |
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Evaluation |
The project was piloted in the second year pathophysiology
course and has received highly positive feedback as well as teaching awards
from the Harvard Medical School class in 2001 and 2003. Feedback has been
collected from medical students who have used the program on a trial basis,
and these comments are available for viewing. |
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Goal |
The objective is to further develop the
Human Systems Explorer to enhance the teaching and learning of physiology
and mechanisms of disease. |
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Contact |
Michael Parker, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Senior Interactive Media Architect Center for Educational Technology Harvard Medical School |
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