Using MIRC to Create Medical School and Resident

Using MIRC to Create Medical School and Resident Training Programs Krishna Juluru, MD Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY

MIRC: Features • Ease of deployment • Ability to have multiple users across a network • Simple file creation, and ease of modifying structure and content of a file • Ability to store multiple forms of media • Simple indexing and search features • Securely store protected heath information • Facilitate limited user interaction: – Question / answer

Use case #1 – Unknown case conference

Use case #1 – Unknown case conference

Use case #1 – Unknown case conference

Use case #1 – Unknown case conference • Less anxiety than traditional unknown case conference • Promotes extra reading • Promotes collaboration between senior and junior residents • More memorable … even fun! • Cases available for future review • Does not have to be sole attending responsibility … can involve participation of residents / fellows

Use case #2 – Presentation and skills assessment

Use Case #2: Presentation and skills assessment

Use case #2: Presentation and skills assessment

Use Case #2 – Presentation and skills assessment • Ability to attach virtually any file to a MIRC teaching file – – Images Video Word Documents Power. Point • Share teaching materials with residents / medical students • Ability to index content • Provide a skills assessment – This is for resident self-evaluation only … answers are not stored

Ways of building cases on MIRC • MIRC Authoring Tool • Power. Point Tool: Convert Power. Points to MIRC documents! • IHE – TCE: From PACS to MIRC! • Lightweight tools – Send 2 MIRC – Email 2 MIRC

Use Case #3 – Follow-up of cases

Use Case #3 – Follow up of cases • Use of PHI section – Secure – Information available to owner of case as needed • Ability to set user permissions

Use case #3 – Follow up of cases

Use case #4 – Personal Teaching File • Ease of authoring a case • Ability to have your own protected space within MIRC • Resident / medical student / faculty roles: Promote further collaboration between residents, students & faculty • Ability to export cases and take them with you

MIRC for Resident / Medical School Training Programs • Use cases – – Unknown case conference Presentation and skills assessment Follow up of cases Personal Teaching files • Free • Easy to set up • Ease of distribution to multiple users promotes sharing and collaboration

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