The Technology and Osteopathic Medicine Association (TOMA) of MSUCOM
Student Doctor as an Information Sharing Platform in Medical Education
Michael E. Geoghegan, Justin A. May, Mathew Salter, Benjamin Salter, Navin Anthony, Robert Zaid, and Mark Notman, Ph.D.. Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Student Doctor Research
What is TOMA?
Promote the appropriate technology use for:
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Started 4 years ago as general technology interest group,
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Radiology
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Physiology
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Anatomy
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Physiology
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Aspects
3%
Respiratory
12%
Genetics
1%
Microbiology
20%
Cardiology
13%
Reproductive
8%
Endocrine
8%
Epidemiology
0%
Ethics
0%
Psychology
5%
GU
10%
OMM Year
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Neurology
14%
Pharmacology
38%
NMS I
5%
NMS II
11%
OMM Year
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Pathology
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GI
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Student Doctor (MS TeamServices©, SD-TS)
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Growth & Development
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# "Files" on SD-TS
Visits
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# "Files" on SD-TS
•Location: www.studentdoctor.com.msu.edu
•Contents
•Class Home Pages (2005-2008)
•Student Contact Information, Course calendars, Social Activities
•Study Tools
•Student-made study documents, Course Pack additions
•Student Organization Information
•Medical Resources
•School Events/Announcements
•Discussion Boards
•For current courses
•Base Hospital discussions
•Incoming student information
•Motivation:
•Allows students to electronically share information, dynamically,
highlighting the cooperative student culture at MSU-COM
•Helps to organize the information flow throughout MSU-COM
•Supplements Course Materials
•Limitations
•No official MSU-COM support will limit expansion and integration
•Student responsibilities limit maintenance & support, thus reliability
•Without continued student support, SD-TS operation ceases
•Potential for copyright infringement
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Student Training: Focuses on arming current students,
faculty, and physicians with technology training specific to
medicine and general computing through student-tostudent seminars
Maintenance of Student Doctor Website, allowing
students and student organizations to share information
with each other and the outside community
Appearances at MOA Annual Conference (2003, PDA
Lectures/Help Sessions), MSUCOM Statewide Campus
System PDA summit, & Site-Specific Consultation on PDA
use within SCS institutions
Research: Studying the students’ use of the Student
Doctor page as a complement to the current information
resources at MSU-COM
Increased involvement with AOAMI
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Liaison within the MSUCOM Statewide Campus System
Research
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•Qualitative
•Determine SD-TS’s role in the student experience at MSU-COM as a
complement to the following information resources:
•MSUCOM official website
•Angel (MSU-operated)
•Official Course Documents
•MSU scribe system
•Methods
•Use SD-TS internal tracking abilities to examine the following parameters:
•# Files Shared on SD-TS, per subweb & course
•# Documents Posted, per subweb & course
•# Hits, per subweb & course
•Conduct focus groups with student leaders to discuss:
•Paper vs. Electronic Methods
•Study Tools vs. Course documents vs. MSU-COM Scribe system
•Multiple Methods of Communication and Learning
•General Impressions of all MSU-COM information systems
•Impressions from Data:
•Use of SD-TS is a significant & effective information medium at MSUCOM
•Especially in Study Documents and Class Website pages
•Does this imply that these services are lacking from pre-existing
MSU-COM information venues?
•Use per course is variable and intractable using current methods
•Students rely on SD-TS as an information source, though acknowledge
‘resource overload’ at MSU-COM
SD-TS Main Subweb Activity By Hits
(September 2003 to August 2004)
Unit II Class
Next Steps
Insuring Continued Institutional Support
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Presentation of Research Results to Curriculum Committees
Enhance SD-TS use in Unit III/Clerkship settings
Re-evaluate current systems at MSU-COM to organize and reduce
‘resource overload.’
Increase Student Input in Hospital Technology Support