Stritch School of Medicine - Elective Course Catalog

Introduction

Medicine (MED)

Dept. Contact:	Debi Kurcab
Location:	Rm. 7611A, Bldg. 102
Phone:	708-216-4813
Email:	dkurcab@lumc.edu

Department: Medicine

Course Number: MED-488

Course Title: Computers in Medical Education

No. of Students: 4

Site: LUMC

Supervisor: Baltazar Espiritu, MD

Duration: 4 or 8 weeks

Periods Offered: Year round

Prerequisite: Available to third and fourth year students.

Special Note:
Registration managed by the Department of Medicine, Education Coordinator, with special permission from Dr. Espiritu.

Description:
This elective is designed to provide opportunities for junior or senior students to develop educational tools for computer-aided instruction. Each student will select and design an interactive educational project, under faculty supervision, using state-of-the-art computer hardware and software. The completed project should be of sufficient scope and quality to be included on the Loyola University Medical Education Network (LUMEN). Each elective student will meet with the faculty supervisor three times per week for formal instruction and progress reports. The student will work independently the remainder of the week. The principal goals of this elective are to instruct students in the development and use of computer-aided instruction in medical education, enhance the computer skills of the students, prepare students for future technological advances, and promote the development of hypermedia educational projects for LUMEN.

Method of Evaluation:
The projects submitted by the students will be evaluated by faculty supervisors and other medical students as part of on-going class evaluations. Graded Pass/Fail only.