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Welcome to the Web Initiative for Surgical Education Modules (WISE-MD). This application was designed as an integral part of the third year medical student surgical clerkship at the NYU School of Medicine. Because a significant portion of surgical patient care now occurs in an outpatient setting that is not accessible for a medical student, we've attempted to provide a computerized linear narrative of the patient's illness and the patient-physician interaction from the patient's first visit with his or her physician, through the diagnostic process, into the operating room, through the laboratory studies and pathology, and finally to the postoperative visits.
The WISE-MD modules are designed to provide students with the core of the curricular material with accessory material available for those students who wish to explore a topic in broader depth. One goal of the WISE-MD modules is to enhance the educational value of actual clinical experiences by "priming" students with core information and principles in an environment that is user-driven and free from the constraints implicit in the clinical context. Our vision is that the WISE-MD modules will foster independent clinical reasoning in students, and allow them to maximize actual contact time with patients. The modules are intended not to replace traditional didactic teaching within the curricula but to enhance the sophistication and level of these interactions.
The WISE-MD modules were developed jointly by the Department
of Surgery and the Department
of Educational Informatics at NYU School of Medicine and are an educational resource that New York University wishes to share with the educational community.
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