Abstract
Facilitating structured learning during medical student clinical clerkships faces the challenges of eking out precious time for education on-service, amidst compelling ad-hoc demands of daily hospital activities. To help address related self-learning needs in a constructivist curricular context, we developed a Web-deployable, surgical anatomy review resource for mobile devices, to be consulted as needed on-site during clinical encounters and prior to surgical procedures. Content was based on diagnosis/problem/procedure data obtained from medical student patient contact logs. At project outset, personal digital assistant (PDA) usage was declining and more powerful smartphones were being released with enhanced Web browsers, so the developing resource was programmed with multi-platform Web code for portability. The final surgical anatomy review consisted of 26 chapters covering individual bodily systems in a diagnosis/disease framework, each with major sections on Basic Anatomy, Vessels and Lymphatics, and Clinical Correlates. The resource was successfully deployed in four different forms: (1) a Web-server-free download site, (2) a pocket-sized print book, (3) interactive smartphone applications for Apple iOS (iPhone) and Android platforms and (4) multiple format e-books. Analysis of institutional Web server download data showed frequent access to systems/disease/diagnosis chapters comparable to surgical clerkship patient log data. The print book, mobile apps, and e-books achieved widespread national and international distribution. It was found that flexible development methods allowed convenient production of multiple media formats that served rapidly developing mobile devices and e-book markets and supported a variety of user adoption preferences.
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The author would like to thank: Katherine Wigan and Dr. Anju Relan for data on clerkship patient logs and student technology; Elyse O’Grady and Anne Lenehan for unflagging editorial and publication support; Drs. Susan Bridges, Lap Ki Chan, and Cindy Hmelo-Silver for thoughtful editorial leadership.
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Trelease, R.B. (2016). Mobile Just-in-Time Situated Learning Resources for Surgical Clerkships. In: Bridges, S., Chan, L., Hmelo-Silver, C. (eds) Educational Technologies in Medical and Health Sciences Education. Advances in Medical Education, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08275-2_12
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