Abstract:
The Human Heart Learning and Self-Assessment Module was a project designed for use by first year Jefferson Medical College students enrolled in the Human Form and Development (HFD) course. The program offers detailed images and descriptions of gross dissections of the heart and thorax that supplement material presented in the course's lecture series. The module also contains radiological images and clinical correlates demonstrating thoracic anatomy, in addition to self-assessment features (quizzes and reference, labeled images) that review testable material. Consequently, this study aid, which is integrated with the HFD website, is intended to help students prepare for lab as well as the practical and written examinations.

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Project: Breath Sounds and Lung Anatomy
Software designed to help medical students learn and identify breath sounds.
Joseph C. Hung, JMC 2007

Abstract:
The main objective of this project is to develop a graphical user interface based software tool that will enable medical students to 1) identify various breath sounds by listening to recordings and to 2) describe the underlying causes for abnormal breath sounds. Secondarily, images are included in the software that will allow medical students to review basic lung anatomy and have a basic understanding of the anatomical relationships of lung auscultation. The program is designed as a quiz in that students will have to be able to identify a random breath sound by picking the correct sound from a list of choices. Upon picking the correct breath sound, various characteristics of that breath sound (underlying pathology, similar characteristics with other sounds, anatomical localization, etc.) are displayed.

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Project: Interactive Biochemical Pathways Program
Mark Werley, JMC Class of 2007

Abstract:
For my summer computer fellowship I created a biochemistry tutorial, which allows students to not only view all of the pathways taught in biochemistry, but it will also allow them to more easily view the interactions and connections between the different pathways. In the first-year biochemistry class, individual pathways are addressed in lecture but it is often difficult for students to visualize how they fit together as a whole. My project provides a single location for viewing almost all of the relevant pathways, as well as having interactive links between them. The program was designed as a web-based application, allowing students to view the data on campus or at home without the need for a CD-ROM. It is written using Macromedia Flash™, so that the project can be viewed on any computer with a compatible web browser.