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The importance of integrated learning of the clinical and basic sciences in the undergraduate medical curriculum led the University of Southampton Medical School to develop Virtual Patients. They are the key to delivering the patient-centred...

In U.K. nutrition is now recognised as being central to health promotion, disease prevention and effective care and is a key element of government policy. Currently, health care professionals are poorly trained in the underlying principles of...

The University of Southampton Medical School’s move toward patient-centred and technology-enhanced learning has led the School to the development of different types of virtual patients, two of which are aimed for pre-clinical year students...

The University of Southampton Medical School’s move toward patient-centred and technology-enhanced learning has led the School to the development of different types of virtual patients. In pre-clinical year 2, the Virtual Patients are interactive...

At the University of Southampton Medical School the Virtual Patients are the key to delivering its patient-centred curriculum. In Year 1, they aim to present a realistic clinical scenario from which students can experience a patient journey and the...

To enable graduates of the medical professions to effectively prescribe potentially dangerous drugs to patients with safety and confidence, students should access drug information that is integrated into their programme of study. The eDrug system...

Nutrition is central to health improvement, disease prevention and effective care and is a key element of UK government policy. Current and future health care professionals – be they doctors, nurses or other health care professionals – must be...

This paper reports on the analysis, design and implementation of reusable ActionScript 3 (AS3) classes in the School of Medicine, University of Southampton. The AS3 classes were developed in order to allow the creation of complex bespoke eLearning...

In UK nutrition is now recognised as being central to health promotion, disease prevention and effective care and is a key element of government policy. Current and future health care professionals – be they doctors, nurses or other health care...

This paper presents a work in progress for a Nutrition eLearning Portal. Competency-based learning is receiving increasing attention from medical and health care related education while Nutrition is being recognised as being central to disease...

The relationship between anatomy and radiology provides a unique learning opportunity for students to apply their anatomical knowledge in a clinical context and appreciate its clinical relevance. Digital imaging has revolutionised the way in which...

Many malnourished children are dying unnecessarily either because their condition is overlooked or because their treatment is inappropriate. If treatment is inappropriate, it can lead to 1 in 2 deaths in severely malnourished children. Appropriate...