CaseWare, a database driven dynamic web application used to enter cases made for the instruction of medical students.

Barbara Johnson, NEOUCOM, Rootstown, Ohio, USA

ABSTRACT:

"CaseWare" is a database driven dynamic web application. It uses a series of prompts that facilitate the entering of cases used in the education of medical students. Physicians and other health professionals can enter cases from on campus, from their private practice offices or from the many area hospitals and clinics in Northeastern Ohio that are a part of the consortium.

The cases are used in the Center for Studies of Clinical Performance where they are developing a collection of clinical cases that utilize standardized patients to assess medical students' and residents' skills in taking a history, performing a physical, communicating with the patient, determining a differential diagnosis and developing a treatment plan. The cases are stored in a database from which individual cases and special reports can be made.

BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:

"CaseWare" is an example of a database driven dynamic web application used in an educational setting. Java server Pages (JSP's) and a mySQL database are used to make this web-app. The purpose of "CaseWare" is to facilitate entering cases that will be used in an educational setting.

Barbara Johnson

4209 State Rt, 44

P.O.Box 95

Rootstown, Ohio 44272

Phone: (330) 325-6244

Fax: (330) 325-5900

Email: mailto:bjohnson@neoucom.edu

Website: http://www.neoucom.edu