Clinical outcomes after telemedicine intensive care unit implementation.

Objective: To examine clinical outcomes before and after implementation of a telemedicine program in the intensive care units of a five-hospital healthcare system.

Design: Observational study with the baseline period of 1 yr before the start of a telemedicine intensive care unit program implementation at each of 5 hospitals. The post periods are 1, 2, and 3 yrs after telemedicine intensive care unit program implementation at each hospital.

Insights gained from the analysis of performance and participation in online formative assessment.

Background: Online quizzes are simple, cost-effective methods to provide formative assessment, but their effectiveness in enhancing learning and performance in medical education is unclear.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to determine the extent to which online quiz performance and participation enhances students' performance on summative examinations.

Methods: A retrospective case study investigating relationships between formative and summative assessment in terms of use and outcomes.

The use of self-learning modules to facilitate learning of basic science concepts in an integrated medical curriculum.

This study used qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of self-learning modules (SLMs) developed to facilitate and individualize students' learning of basic medical sciences. Twenty physiology and nineteen microanatomy SLMs were designed with interactive images, animations, narrations, and self-assessments. Of 41 medical students, 40 students voluntarily completed a questionnaire with open-ended and closed-ended items to evaluate students' attitudes and perspectives on the learning value of SLMs.