From: <abstracts@gsm

DEMONSTSRATION

CASUS: Some Ten Years of Experience and a Look to the Future

Martin Adler, I. Hege, M. Holzer, N. Berman, L. Fall, M. Fischer Instruct AG, AG Medizinische Lernprogramme, Munich, Germany

ABSTRACT:

CASUS is a software package for authoring and delivering case-based learning based on a pedagogical concept developed by the AG Medizinische Lernprogramme at the University of Munich beginning in 1993. The current CASUS system is completely web-based and consists of the following main components:

- Authoring tool for creating cases including multimedia material, interactive elements and the differential diagnostic network. - Player to work through cases or review a case with the ability to enter comments on each card.

- Course administrator tool offers the instructor the ability to create and manage courses with access to evaluation data of the students in the course.

- Evaluation server to create individual online questionnaires.

The latest developments include a new powerful meta-data system with individual diagnosis lists. For quality assurance we introduced a detailed system for student feedback and a new online review system.

BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:

We will give you an overview about the CASUS case-based learning system and show all new software exemplifying the cases developed by the CLIPP project at Dartmouth Medical School (USA). Moreover we will highlight the most important points learned during our long experience in developing e-learning software and content.

Adler Martin

Instruct AG, Keferloherstr. 109

80807 Muenchen, Germany

Phone: +49 89 35009387

Email: martin.adler@instruct.de

Website: http://www.instruct.de/

CO-AUTHORS:

Inga Hege*, Matthias Holzer*, Norman Berman**, Leslie Fall**, Martin Fischer*

* AG Medizinische Lernprogramme

Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen

Ziemssenstr.1, 80336 Muenchen, Germany

** Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,