title: Changing learning with new interactive and media-rich instruction environments: virtual labs case study report.
abstract: Technology has created a new dimension for visual teaching and learning with web-delivered interactive media. The Virtual Labs Project has embraced this technology with instructional design and evaluation methodologies behind the simPHYSIO suite of simulation-based, online interactive teaching modules in physiology for the Stanford students. In addition, simPHYSIO provides the convenience of anytime web-access and a modular structure that allows for personalization and customization of the learning material. This innovative tool provides a solid delivery and pedagogical backbone that can be applied to developing an interactive simulation-based training tool for the use and management of the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) image information system. The disparity in the knowledge between health and IT professionals can be bridged by providing convenient modular teaching tools to fill the gaps in knowledge. An innovative teaching method in the whole PACS is deemed necessary for its successful implementation and operation since it has become widely distributed with many interfaces, components, and customizations. This paper will discuss the techniques for developing an interactive-based teaching tool, a case study of its implementation, and a perspective for applying this approach to an online PACS training tool.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University Medical School, 251 Campus Dr MSOB x228, SUMMIT, Stanford, CA 94305-5466, USA. cammy@summit.stanford.edu
authors.forename: Camillan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004516:Education, Premedical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010827:Physiology / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D014495:Universities; D014584:User-Computer Interface