• DocumentCode
    3473353
  • Title

    In-class use of the nu-case mobile telehealth system in a medical school

  • Author

    Ballaben Carloni, Marcelo ; Cesario, Manuel ; Rangel Cesario, Raquel ; Luz, Saturnino ; Margarido, Edson ; Masoodian, Masood ; Facciolo Pires, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    Med. Sch., Univ. of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    20-22 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    437
  • Lastpage
    440
  • Abstract
    As telehealth systems are increasingly being adopted by healthcare providers, a growing number of medical practitioners need to learn to use such systems. Despite this, however, most medical schools do not currently include telehealth-related content in their curriculum. In this paper we demonstrate, through examples from our own experience, how the Problem Based Learning method can be used to incorporate telehealth systems in medical science education. We also present a survey of medical students and faculty, conducted at a university in Brazil, to gain the participants´ opinions on the nu-case mobile telehealth system. The results of the survey show that nu-case provides support for a range of tasks that a telehealth system needs to cater for in the context of our application area.
  • Keywords
    biomedical education; health care; learning systems; telemedicine; Medical School; Problem Based Learning method; curriculum; faculty; healthcare providers; medical practitioners; medical science education; medical students; nu-case mobile telehealth system; telehealth systems; telehealth-related content; Diseases; Educational institutions; Medical diagnostic imaging; Training;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2013 IEEE 26th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Porto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CBMS.2013.6627835
  • Filename
    6627835