The MERG Suite: Tools for discovering competencies and associated learning resources.
BACKGROUND
As the demands for competency-based education grow, the need for standards-based tools to allow for publishing and discovery of competency-based learning content is more pressing. This project focused on developing federated discovery services for competency-based medical e-learning content.


METHODS
We built a tool suite for authoring and discovery of medical e-learning metadata. The end-user usability of the tool suite was evaluated through a web-based survey.


RESULTS
The suite, implemented as an open-source system, was evaluated to identify areas for improvement.


CONCLUSIONS
The MERG suite is a starting point for organizations implementing competency-based e-learning resources.
Bhupatiraju
Ravi Teja
RT
Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Hersh
William R
WR
Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Smothers
Valerie
V
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and MedBiquitous, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Fordis
Michael
M
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Greene
Peter S
PS
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and MedBiquitous, Baltimore, MD, USA.