Objectives

EnviroDx is a multimedia, case-focused, computer-based learning program on environmental-related diseases. The organizing metaphor for EnviroDx is an exploratory "virtual clinic" affiliated with a busy medical school. The program user takes the part of a practicing physician faced with a patient with an unknown disease or condition that is possibly caused by exposure to environmental factors.

Upon completion of the program, the user should be familiar with:

• the components of an environmental history
• the steps required to diagnose a specific type of environmental disorder
• tests required to make specific diagnoses
• sources of information on industrial chemical product ingredients and their potential health effects
• activities of federal, state, and local organizations that address occupational and environmental issues in health
• measures a physician might recommend to treat or prevent a specific environmental-related disorder