title: Developing a fully online course for senior medical students.
abstract: In 2002 the University of Michigan Medical School created a one-month course in advanced medical therapeutics (AMT). All senior medical students were required to complete the course. To provide some flexibility for students who were interviewing for residency positions the AMT course was created using a distance-learning model, and in the 2008-2009 academic year it was offered in a fully online format. The components of the course are weekly case-based modules, a weekly online seminar, quizzes based on modules and seminars, and a research project based on a therapeutic question. The paper discusses the development and components of the AMT course, a survey of fourth-year medical students who participated in the course between 2007 and 2010, and how the course evolved over three years.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Casey B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Cary
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Engleberg
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fantone
authors.forename: Sandro K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cinti
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D018961:Educational Technology; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D017145:Models, Educational; D009862:Online Systems; D013337:Students, Medical; D014743:Videotape Recording