Next Generation Authoring with CASUS: Web-based Cases for Clinical Reasoning Courses

Next Generation Authoring with CASUS: Web-based Cases for Clinical Reasoning Courses

 

M. Holzer, M. Adler, I. Hege and M. R. Fischer Medical Faculty, Ludwig Maximilian University and AG Med. Lernprogramme, Munich, Germany

 

ABSTRACT:

 

CASUS is an established case-based learning environment with individual and institutional users in Germany, Switzerland, the US, Brazil and Israel. A case library of about 150 symptom-oriented medical cases is currently available online from an SQL-database. Cases are organized in courses mostly for undergraduate clinical education. Furthermore, case collections for continuing medical education and in non-medical subject areas are recently available. While learners could access the cases via a standard JavaScript enabled web-browser for several years, the standalone authoring application was restricted to the MacOS. We demonstrate the new web-based CASUS-authoring and course administration tools. Requirements for its use are Java, JavaScript, and QuickTime being freely available for all modern operating systems. The tool allows authors to create pedagogically structured cases for e-learning without any programming abilities. All authors have access to the latest version without any need for updating on their side. Asynchronous cooperative authoring is supported by an elaborate annotation system. CASUS modules can be integrated as learning units into any AICC-compatible learning management system.

 

With the online authoring and course administration tools available form any standard computer with network connection, CASUS is an attractive environment for medical teaching with a steep learning curve and a low threshold for its integration into medical education.

 

BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:

 

Attendees will have the chance to create and access sample cases hands-on. They will also be able to explore the ease of use of the CASUS course administration module. The CASUS team will show examples and answer questions concerning the integration of case-based learning in problem-based medical curricula.


Matthias Holzer

AG Med. Lernprogramme

Med. Klinik - Innenstadt

Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen

Ziemssenstr. 1

80336 Munich

GERMANY

Phone: +49 - 89 5160-7617

Fax: +49 - 89 5160-2366

Email: mailto:matthias.holzer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Website: http://casus.medinn.med.uni-muenchen.de

 

CO-AUTHORS:

Martin Adler, Inga Hege and Martin R. Fischer

AG Med. Lernprogramme

Med. Klinik - Innenstadt

Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen

Ziemssenstr. 1

80336 Munich

GERMANY

Phone: +49 - 89 5160-7602

Email: mailto:martin.adler@instruct.de

mailto:inga.hege@instruct.de

mailto:martin.fischer@medinn.med.uni-muenchen.de