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TOOL
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DESCRIPTION
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OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS
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COMMENT
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Course
Management System - BECON
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BECON
(Baylor Education Computing Network) powered by Blackboard,
provides a powerful and easy-to-use tool for instructors to
build and manage virtual classrooms and online class materials
without programming HTML. Read more
about BECON or request a course set up. |
Yes, requires VPN |
For
additional information about BECON, please contact Sherry
Vafa, Ed.D. |
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Images.MD
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Images.MD
compiles over 48,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal
medicine, all derived from Current Medicine’s renowned
series of illustrated atlases. Each image is accompanied by
detailed and informative text written by over 2,000 contributing
experts. |
Yes, requires VPN |
Be sure
to register so you will be able to develop your own image
library, create PowerPoint® presentations of images in
your library, and order customized CD-ROMs of your favorite
slides. |
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MERLOT-
Multimedia Educuation Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
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MERLOT
is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty
and students of higher education. Links to online learning
materials are collected here along with annotations such as
peer reviews and assignments. |
Yes |
MERLOT's
Federated Search allows you to search multiple databases
at one time. |
HEAL -
Health Education Assets Library
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HEAL's
primary mission is making a rich collection of multimedia
freely available to health sciences educators. The core
collection of HEAL consists of several thousand multimedia
items, covering a wide scope of health educational topics,
including anatomy, pathology, neurology, and radiology.
HEAL
also functions as a publishing venue, as authors
may submit high-quality multimedia resources for peer
review
and publication within HEAL. |
Yes |
Be sure
to register on the HEAL site. It's free and allows you to
access resources, submit resources, or download content. |
MDConsult
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MD
Consult offers clinical resources in a modular format
designed to work independently or together. The complete
clinical knowledge system offers both general interest
and specialty focused Service Editions, add-on content
Collections, and MDC Mobile for handheld devices. |
Yes, requires
VPN |
Users will
need to register
for access the first visit and thereafter log in. Registration
provides provides a custom user profile. Use MDConsult with
your PDA - click the MDC Mobile link on the top menu. |
MedEdPORTAL
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The
AAMC has a longstanding interest in educational technologies
and mechanisms that facilitate the exchange of teaching
resources, particularly materials that are costly to develop. MedEdPORTAL
is a new publishing venue through which faculty may disseminate
their educational
works. It was designed to promote collaboration and educational
scholarship by facilitating the exchange of peer reviewed
teaching resources such as tutorials, virtual
patients, cases (PBL, SP, OSCE), lab manuals, assessment
instruments, faculty development materials, etc. |
Yes |
It is the
only online inventory that focuses exclusively on the continuum
of medical education and addresses the unique needs of medical
educators. MedEdPORTAL
contains information about published resources and indicates
how these materials may be accessed or obtained by interested
faculty.
Click Login from the main menu then click New User to
register on the site. Be sure to select Baylor College
of Medicine from the drop-down Institution menu. Registration
is free and allows you to customize your MedEd PORTAL
as well as submit resources for publication on the MedEdPORTAL.
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CATCHUM Project
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The
CATCHUM Project is a consortium of the 8 Texas Medical
Schools dedicated to educating medical students about cancer
prevention and screening. Based at the University of Texas
Medical Branch
Educational Cancer Center, the CATCHUM Project is
funded by the National Cancer Institute -
(Grant #8 R25 CA65618). |
Yes |
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Education Resource Center