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9th Annual Meeting 
of the 
International Association of Medical Science Educators 

July 14-19, 2005
 

Abstract Category: Methods

Poster ID: M13

DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL RADIOLOGY RESOURCES TO BE INTEGRATED IN THE 1^ST TWO YEARS OF MEDICAL CURRICULUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA .

Akef S. Obeidat, M.D., Ph.D.*, Youssef Wassef, M.D., Mojgan Hassanlo**, Abdulkader Al-Kenawi, M.D***., Rebecca Peterson, M.D***., Ottawa hospital radiologist, Maxwell Hincke, Ph.D. Division of Clinical and Functional Anatomy, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, ** medical student, *** Radiologists, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa University , Ottawa , Ontario , K1H 8M5

Laboratory teaching of anatomy in the undergraduate medical curriculum benefits immeasurably when imaging (x-rays / MRI, etc) is taught with the gross anatomy. Students can appreciate the clinical relevance to the basic normal anatomy and pathology as depicted on common studies (radiography, fluoroscopy, CT, ultrasound, MRI) and in various organ systems (i.e. head/neck, chest, abdomen, musculoskeletal). In our medical curriculum, students are taught anatomy in the context of blocks organized by clinical specialty.

The aim of this project was to complement the Gross Anatomy laboratories in our medical program for the first and second year medical students (Stage1) with a digital collection of x rays primarily as a teaching and learning resource. This would help students develop skills in understanding the radiographic appearance of normal anatomical structures, variations of the normal and the contrast with common abnormalities encountered in clinical conditions. This exercise is expected to augment students’ skills in physical diagnosis and patient examination, and to discriminate visually the normal and abnormal findings in simulated physical examination situations.

Funds were utilized to hire a medical student to work on the project. Having already completed Anatomy from the first year curriculum, she had an insight into where new learning resources would be best appreciated.  Working in collaboration with the physicians and staff of the radiology department at the Ottawa Hospital , the radiology contents, the imaging modality and source of images were determined for the medical blocks that are offered for first two years of the medical curriculum. Selected digitized images were evaluated and, with the help and the technical support of  the MedEd team at the University of Ottawa, were linked to the medical curriculum web site (running under WEB-CT), from where they were available to all medical trainees (students and residents) for learning / review via the web to supplement the scheduled laboratories and lectures. The MedEd team at the University of Ottawa developed web-based, low stakes self-evaluation quizzes using the Web-CT quiz tools. All labeling and accompanying text were translated into French, so that the same learning resource will be available to the French and English streams of our medical curriculum. 

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