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Simulated Electronic Health Record
Published Wednesday, February 28, 2018A large part of educating health professions students is preparing them for future practice. Much of today’s healthcare environment relies on technology, particularly an electronic health record (EHR). For the past several years, documentation during simulation events occurred through the use of paper charts, which is not consistent with current...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): simulation, health
Docket: IS-2017-103
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Community-led Action in Response to Violent Extremism (CARVE) Training Course
Published Wednesday, February 28, 2018Community-led Action in Response to Violent Extremism (CARVE) is a 4-hour self-paced online course designed for a U.S.-based audience to provide community-focused, rigorously researched, and academically-informed instruction on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). Targeted at the FEMA "awareness" training level, this FEMA-certified course is...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): course, extremism, community
Docket: IS-2017-099
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MyDesign®
Published Monday, January 29, 2018The education market is rapidly undergoing transformation from a brick-and-mortar classroom to a hybrid model of classroom and distance learning instruction. Since the first Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) in 1969, a variety of technologies have been developed to support curriculum and instruction. Concurrently, policies have been developed...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2017-007
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Automated evaluation of surgeon technical performance
Published Wednesday, November 15, 2017The technical skills of a surgical resident are typically evaluated by experienced mentors during training. However, this process is time-consuming, labor-intensive and may involve evaluator biases. In an effort to standardize such technical evaluations, UMB researchers developed an automated, sensor-free...
Investigator(s): Colin Mackenzie, Peter Hu, Shiming Yang, Evan Garofalo
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): surgery, education, assessments
Docket: CM-2016-014
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VOLT: Virtual Occupational Language Training
Published Monday, September 18, 2017Currently, there is a need for effective guided immersive learning to supplement a classroom environment, particularly in immersive language learning. Virtual reality (VR) 3D systems offer a flexible and viable solution to this problem.Researchers at the University of Maryland have created VOLT (Virtual Occupational Language Training),...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): virtual reality, language learning
Docket: IS-2017-047
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An Automated Medical Student Performance Evaluation Software
Published Friday, September 26, 2014In the United States and Canada, a Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) is required as part of a medical student’s residency application. The MSPE includes specific information from the student’s academic record including both didactic and clinical courses. The Automated Student Affairs Processes (ASAP) is a user-friendly, platform...
Investigator(s): Kevin Brown, Priyanka Koneru, Sara Menso
Categories: Platforms, Software + Algorithm, Information Technology, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): MSPE, software, medical school, administrative office, medical admissions
Docket: KB-2014-002
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University of Maryland, School of Dentistry OSCE Exam
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014Objective Structures Clinical Exams (OSCEs) are used in the assessment of health sciences professionals (e.g. orthoptics, optometry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy) to test clinical performance and competence in skills such as communication, clinical examination, medical procedures, prescription writing, radiographic...
Investigator(s): Judith A Porter, Doug Brotherton, Shabrez Ahmed, Karen Faraone, Edward G Grace, Cynthia L Idzik-Starr, Andrea M Morgan, Harlan Shiau
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): dental, clinical, exams
Docket: JP-2012-099
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Techniques for Implementing a Virtual Patient
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014Medical care delivery is a major industry in the United States. An important component of medical care delivery is a cadre of trained medical care professionals who can diagnose patient conditions and prescribe treatment protocols using cognitive skills. The fewer errors made by this cadre, the better the overall quality of medical care is...
Investigator(s): Bruce Jarrell, Sergei Nirenburg, Joan Marjorie McShane, Stephen Beale
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): training, virtual, patient
Docket: BJ-2006-061
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Method for Teaching and Evaluating decision-Making Skills Through Computer-Based Simulation
Published Wednesday, May 28, 2014Researchers in the Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, have developed a software tool to aid faculty in teaching students clinical decision-making in patient care as well as the interrelationships between medicine and other disciplines. The software is used to design medical case studies of patients that recreate...
Investigator(s): Bruce Jarrell, Craig Skinner, John Raczek, Noble Jarrell, John Flowers
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Healthcare, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): Computer-Based Simulation, simulation, teaching, evaluating
Docket: BJ-2004-032
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Inhibition Of Metastatic Tumors
Published Wednesday, May 28, 2014Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. Death of cancer patients is most often caused by metastatic spread of tumor cells from the primary tumor site through the bloodstream where the cells lie dormant for long periods. These dormant cells will invade secondary sites such as the lung, liver or kidney where they develop...
Investigator(s): Stuart Martin, Rebecca Whipple, Agnes Cheung
Categories: Devices, Imaging devices, Software + Algorithm, Healthcare, Education/Training/Multimedia
Docket: SM-2006-059