Interactive Head & Neck Radiology Courseware for the Internet

Frank Reilly, Mahesh Kamsala, Allison Reed, and Jeffrey Altemus West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

ABSTRACT:

A series of head and neck radiographs were converted from Microsoft PowerPoint into Macromedia Flash for online distribution to first-year medical students. The objective for creating the courseware was to stimulate more active self-directed learning among students. The rationale was to integrate radiology into the human structure curriculum in a format that is readily accessible for local and distance learning. Active learning was achieved by creating five radiology tutorial units that target content areas dealing with standard and cross-sectional anatomy, angiography, and pneumoencephalography.

BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:

We will demonstrate the utilization of internet/browser technology to present information critical to the interpretation of standard X-rays and CT- and MRI-scans. The courseware achieves a dimension that cannot be attained by using conventional radiology atlases and it complements didactic and practical (dissection) activities of first-year medical students in human anatomy. Anyone with an interest in medical educational software should benefit from this demonstration.

Frank D. Reilly, Ph.D.

Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

P.O. 9128

West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown, WV 26506-9128

Phone: (304) 293-0607

Fax: (304) 293-8159

Email: mailto:freilly@hsc.wvu.edu

CO-AUTHORS:

Mahesh Kamsala, Allison Reed, and Jeffrey Altemus

Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, P.O. 9128

West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown, WV 26506-9128

Phone: (304) 293-6921 and (304) 293-0596 Fax: (304) 293-8159

Email: mailto:kams_mash@yahoo.com