DocumentCode :
3139213
Title :
A Collaborative Medical Case Authoring Environment Based on UMLS
Author :
Suebnukarn, Siriwan ; Rhienmora, Phattanapon ; Haddawy, Peter
Author_Institution :
Thammasat Univ., Pathumthani
fYear :
2007
fDate :
18-20 July 2007
Firstpage :
26
Lastpage :
30
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a novel collaborative authoring tool that was designed to allow medical teachers to formalize and visualize their knowledge for medical intelligent tutoring systems. Our goal is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness in creating the domain model - often referred to as the bottleneck in developing intelligent tutoring systems. We incorporate the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) knowledge base to assist the authors in creating the problem solution collaboratively via the videoconferencing platform. The system consists of a share workspace gathering information visualization and tools necessary for collaborative problem-solving tasks. We found that the authoring tool can be used as a standalone program to effectively elicit the knowledge structure of the domain model. This was achieved in hours compared to months for the conventional paper-based approach.
Keywords :
biomedical education; groupware; intelligent tutoring systems; knowledge acquisition; medical computing; problem solving; collaborative medical case authoring tool; collaborative problem-solving task; knowledge elicitation; medical intelligent tutoring system; unified medical language system; videoconferencing platform; Biomedical engineering; Collaboration; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Intelligent systems; Lead; Problem-solving; Terminology; Unified modeling language; Visualization;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2007. ICALT 2007. Seventh IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Niigata
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2916-X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2007.5
Filename :
4280941
Link To Document :
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