MedEdNet: A Faculty wide intranet to support an integrated medical curriculum at the University of Sydney.


Simon Carlile, Department of Educational Development and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 and Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006. Phone 02-9351-3205 Fax: 02-9351-2058 simonc@physiol.usyd.edu.au

Ann Sefton, Department of Educational Development and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 and Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006. Phone 02-9351-3120 Fax: 02-9351-6646 anns@physiol.usyd.edu.au

Stewart Barnet, Department of Educational Development and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006. Phone 02-9351-5677 Fax: 02-9351-16646 sbarnet@medicine.usyd.edu.au


Keywords

Intranet, medical curriculum development, medical, problem based learning, learning resources, Australia


Abstract

Medical teaching at the University of Sydney has moved from a six year undergraduate program based on a traditional didactic teaching model to a four year graduate program based on problem based learning principals which integrates clinical experience from the very beginning [HREF 1]. Information technology and informatics have been deeply embedded into the new program by delivering the majority of the teaching and learning resources to support student centred learning over a Faculty wide intranet. This system has also been exploited for the development of the curriculum, coordinating the contributions of more than 400 members of Faculty using email and digital document management based around Web server publication. A number of evaluation projects are also being developed which examine how the resources are utilized to support learning and the subsequent learning outcomes.


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AusWeb97 Third Australian World Wide Web Conference, 5-9 July 1997, Southern University, PO Box 157, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia Email: AusWeb97@scu.edu.au Cross