title: FDDI information management system for centralizing interactive, computerized multimedia clinical experiences in pediatric rheumatology/Immunology.
abstract: This paper describes the design, authoring, and development of interactive, computerized, multimedia clinical simulations in pediatric rheumatology/immunology and related musculoskeletal diseases, the development and implementation of a high speed information management system for their centralized storage and distribution, and analytical methods for evaluating the total system's educational impact on medical students and pediatric residents. An FDDI fiber optic network with client/server/host architecture is the core. The server houses digitized audio, still-image video clips and text files. A host station houses the DB2/2 database containing case-associated labels and information. Cases can be accessed from any workstation via a customized interface in AVA/2 written specifically for this application. OS/2 Presentation Manager controls, written in C, are incorporated into the interface. This interface allows SQL searches and retrievals of cases and case materials. In addition to providing user-directed clinical experiences, this centralized information management system provides designated faculty with the ability to add audio notes and visual pointers to image files. Users may browse through case materials, mark selected ones and download them for utilization in lectures or for editing and converting into 35mm slides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina Medical School at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7575 USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rouhani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cronenberger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hannum
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hsiao
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D002648:Child; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003199:Computer Systems; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003626:Data Display; D003628:Database Management Systems; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009657:North Carolina; D055100:Optical Fibers; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation; D012984:Software