Virginia Research Day 2021

Student Research Educational

01 Authoring Software Tool, Caseage, and Integrated Dynamic Interactive Presenter for Case-Based Learning

Darren Patel; Joseph Manzi; Fred Rawlins; Dixie Tooke-Rawlins; Cameron Sumpter; Sepehr Sohraby; Harold R Garner Corresponding author: jmanzi@vt.vcom.edu

Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Virginia Campus

Background: Medical school instruction comes in many forms, including case-based learning. The authoring, validation, and updating of case-based learning modules is essential for creating effective learning materials, which can then be presented to users via interactive computer sessions. The goals were to create a web-based authoring tool for case authors and a dynamic case presentation tool for users. Methods: We have developed a web-based case authoring tool in which instructors can create learning “cases”, track their independent validation, and update cases before deploying for use. We also created a PRESENTER module as part of our patient encounter logging application, CREDO, which dynamically presents the case to users and tracks their performance. Both components are built and maintained in several secure, data-redundant instances in the cloud.

Results: The development team, which consists of medical school instructors/administrators, programmers, and the validation team that tested the system and surveyed student users and faculty, created and refined a system for case-based learning consisting of web-based software for case authoring and presentation to the learners. The Case PRESENTER allows learners to access a bank of deployed cases and automatically offers relevant cases to students logging their patient encounters for a more complete learning experience. The initial survey results indicated that the Case Presentation was intuitive, organized for autonomous learning, and offered suggestions for further improvement. Conclusion: In response to the transition in medical schools to more case-based and remote learning, an effective and efficient system for creating, updating, and deploying case modules has been created and validated. With case content captured in the

CASEAGE authoring tool and associated database, it can be exported and deployed for use in various ways. We deployed the cases for users by creating PRESENTER that runs in an existing clinical patient encounter logging system to provide adynamic and autonomous user experience while capturing important learning metrics for evaluating student learning progress. Faculty can create cases for instruction, review, and testing; students can interact with deployed cases, and administrators can assess student’s performance on embedded questions for grading purposes.

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