Using MIRC to Create Medical School and Resident Training Programs Krishna Juluru, MD Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY
Dec 25, 2015
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
• 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
• Ability to attach virtually any file to a MIRC teaching file– Images– Video– Word Documents– PowerPoint
• 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
• PowerPoint Tool: Convert PowerPoints to MIRC documents!
• IHE – TCE: From PACS to MIRC!
• Lightweight tools– Send2MIRC– Email2MIRC
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 #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