CLIO: CLinical Investigation Online
Project Overview
This project aims to develop web-based teaching tools to strengthen translation of new scientific developments to patient populations and to the community at large. The exercises in this course are designed to assist users with the following learning objectives:
- Identify the major types of epidemiologic study and their major strengths and weaknesses.
- Identify the basic health performance measures used in epidemiology.
- Apply the inter-relationships of study design, measurement, and inference.
- Know how to form a hypothesis and develop a study protocol.
- Critically evaluate other research.
Course Structure
CLIO is designed to teach epidemiology interactively by walking the learner through the steps of developing an actual study protocol for a topic of their own choosing. The study protocol approach is comprised of a number of learning modules, each representing specific elements of a research plan. Each element consists of four increasingly interactive teaching activities:
- Explanation of the concepts
- Examples of how the concepts apply to real studies
- Exercises and self-assessments in applying the material
- Experience applying the material to the user's personal study topic
Technical Specifications
In coordination with concurrent development efforts, the CLIO project includes
development contributions to the MOCHA (Modular Online Content HierArchy)
system, a server-side content organization and selective release Java package.
MOCHA works with the open source Turbine, Velocity, and mySQL packages. It
is hoped that this system will eventually find use within the greater education
community.
Project Status
The project obtained funding in late 2001, and a full time developer joined the team in January 2002. Course structure was finalized by April, and the initial content outline is currently undergoing revisions. Development of the backend system began in mid July, and is scheduled for completion by late August. Content will then be integrated into the system, the system will undergo usability testing, and a fully functional demonstration version should be available by January 2003.
Project Team
- Julie Parsonnet, MD, Primary Investigator
- Sharon Perry, PhD, Content Author
- Jenn Stringer, Project Coordinator
- Tanya Podchiyska, Brent Fitzgerald, Developers
Funding
- Department of Medicine
Contact
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