The goal of the Office of Faculty and Instructional Development is to produce high quality, scholarly work which may be published and distributed on a national level. Several CBI programs developed by School of Medicine faculty have been presented at national meetings and are being reviewed for national publication, of which 4 have been accepted for publication. If you would like more information about programs developed by our faculty, staff, and students, please contact the Office of Faculty and Instructional Development at (804) 828-6591.

Gross and Sectional Anatomy of the Central Nervous System
Robert F. Spencer, Ph.D., Chris L. Stephens, Ann M. Potter, Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed.
This self-study computer based instruction program has been integrated into the M-I Neurosciences curriculum to assist students with learning gross and sectional anatomy of the central nervous system. Included in the program are 73 color images of different views of the central nervous system that are linked with descriptive text. Students can click on various structures on the image to produce identifying labels to assist with learning. There is also a quiz mode available for testing knowledge. The program offers searching capabilities by structure and title.

Clinical Simulation of Fetal Heart Rate Patterns in Labor
Thomas C.C. Peng, M.D., Veronica P. Shuford, M.Ed., Chris L. Stephens, Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed.
This interactive computer based instruction program facilitates teaching, learning, and evaluating the fundamental skills required for fetal monitor interpretation. This program is integrated into the third-year Obstetrics-Gynecology Clerkship rotation. Clinical Simulation is designed to teach the concepts of identification and management of fetal heart rate patterns (FHR) in labor. Included in this program is a patient case simulation and tutorial sections on the basic concepts of fetal monitoring interpretation, tachycardia and bradycardia, variability, and accelerations and decelerations. At the end of each case students are provided with a summary of their performance.

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Review Questions in Gross Anatomy of the Head and Neck
Hugo R. Seibel, Ph.D., Chris L. Stephens, Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed.
This program contains over 900 questions, using 3 different board style question models pertaining to the anatomy of the head and neck. It also contains 74 labeled drawings. The user is given two chances to enter the correct answer. With the first incorrect answer, a hint is given to guide the user's thinking. With the second incorrect response, the student is provided the correct answer and an explanation. The user also receives a performance evaluation when quitting the program.

Classic Experiments in Basic Health Sciences: Cardiovascular Physiology
George D. Ford, Ph.D., John L. Poland, Ph.D., Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed., Chris L. Stephens
This is an interactive computer program of a cardiovascular physiology laboratory. The laboratory was conducted to study the responses of an anesthesized dog to certain drugs and procedures. Information on 38 experiments is presented in a variety of formats: study guide questions, videodisc clips, polygraph tracings, and flow diagrams. The program also contains a quiz section for students to test their knowledge.

Reproductive Pathology Viewer and Quiz Series
Janet F. Stastny, D.O., Danna E. Johnson, M.D., Chris L. Stephens, Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed., Ann M. Potter
This collection of computer based instructional programs consists of a tutorial and quiz in 5 areas of reproductive pathology: breast, cervix, ovary, placenta, and myometrium and endometrium. The tutorials are designed to assist students with learning the pathology units taught in the Women's Health curriculum, as well as to supplement the classroom lecture. The tutorials contain a variety of gross, microscopic, and radiographic images with descriptive text which illustrate pathology and disease processes. The quizzes consist of practice exam questions associated with the information from the tutorials.

Pathology: Basic Principles
Enrique Gerszten, M.D., Chris L. Stephens, Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed.
This program is an illustrated atlas consisting of images and text descriptions of basic concepts in pathology. The material is intended for first year medical students. The program consists of 183 images that are categorized into nine chapters. An added capability allows students to search by key words in image titles.

Scapular and Deltoid Regions
James H. Johnson, Ph.D. and Ann M. Potter
This computer based instruction program is designed to teach anatomy of the scapular and deltoid regions. Included in the program are text cards associated with one or more color images taken from the David Bassett slide collection at Stanford University and a quiz on the muscle. Each text card contains a narrative description of the major features of images that are associated with the card. Structures on the images are identified by letter labels which contain "pop-up" information that provides a description of the labeled structure. This program is used in the M-I Gross Anatomy curriculum.

The Role of the Medical Librarian in the Instructional Design Process
Brenda L. Seago, M.L.S, M.A., Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed., Chris L. Stephens
This electronic poster is an eight minute narrated animation originally created to highlight the role of the medical librarian in the development process of computer based instructional (CBI) materials. The poster begins with images of faculty and students in the Computer Based Instruction Lab. The next segment outlines the four stages of the CBI process and the program concludes with a demonstration of five programs developed at the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University.

Providing a Preceptor Network: Ready for the Challenge
Brenda L. Seago, M.L.S, M.A., Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed., Chris L. Stephens
This electronic poster illustrates the need for a preceptor network and demonstrates how the project was initated. It also discusses the changes in procedures that were implemented as the project progressed and new technologies became available. The presentation highlights the ways in which preceptors and students use the preceptor network to provide for their information needs. The poster illustrates the process by which the medical librarian and computer technician go about providing remote access (e-mail, decision support software, library resources, and online faculty development) and training to staff in the preceptors' offices, which typically are located within a 50 mile radius of the medical campus.

Light-Microscopic Histology of the Nervous System
George R. Leichnetz, Ph.D., Robert F. Spencer, Ph.D., John T. Povlishock, Ph.D., Chris L. Stephens
This self-study computer based instruction program has been integrated into the M-I Neurosciences curriculum to assist students with identification of the three morphological types of neurons. Included in the program are 49 light microscope images of the central nervous system that are linked with descriptive text. Students can click on various structures on images to produce identifying labels to assist with learning. The program offers searching capabilities by structure and title.

Electron-Microscopic Histology of the Nervous System
John T. Povlishock, Ph.D., George R. Leichnetz, Ph.D., Robert F. Spencer, Ph.D., Chris L. Stephens
This self-study computer based instruction program has been integrated into the M-I Neurosciences curriculum to assist students with identification of structures at the ultrastructure level. Included in the program are 28 electron microscope images of the central nervous system that are linked with descriptive text. Students can click on various structures on images to produce identifying labels to assist with learning. The program offers searching capabilities by structure and title.

Neuropathology: Self-Instructional Packages
William I. Rosenblum, M.D., Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed., Chris L. Stephens
This self-study program is used in the M-II curriculum to teach neuropathology. The program is divided into 19 sections, which contain descriptive text and pathology images that illustrate concepts. The sections contain pre- and post-tests as well as embedded quiz questions throughout the text which allow students to evaluate their progress.

Images in Human Genetics
Judith A. Brown, Ph.D., Chris L. Stephens
This self-study electronic tutorial contains 65 human genetics images from the Slice of Life VI laserdisc, ©1992 University of Utah. This program is used as a supplement to the genetics textbook to provide color images and descriptive titles of common and uncommon genetic disorders.

Gastroenterology
Douglas M. Heuman, M.D., Jeanne B. Schlesinger, M.Ed., Chris L. Stephens
This program was developed as a supplement to Dr. Heuman's textbook, Gastroenterology, published by W.B. Saunders Company. This program contains the same text that is in the textbook and is enhanced with 3 minutes of endoscopic video and color images. The text of the program is searchable and returns a list of page titles for words searched. The program also has a 50 question quiz with individual learning responses for each answer.



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