ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

• US 20100323336A1
• Filed: 06/19/2009
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alert Life Sciences Computing, S.A.
• Original Assignee: Alert Life Sciences Computing, S.A.
• Inventors: Guimaraes, Manuel Jorge Vaz da Cunha
• Application Number:
  US12/488,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20100323336A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/374 Thesaurus
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation

Abstract

An electronic system generates and manages multiple knowledge bases of medical students and practitioners. The knowledge bases are organized according to and for the function of specific limited medical problems. Data regarding each problem cross-references both basic sciences and clinical courses. Users are able to create their own knowledge base with the use of teaching data, their own user generated data, and third party user generated data. Data is dynamically updated, and the knowledge bases support the future medical practice of students.

Claims

1. A system for assisting the study and practice of medicine, the system comprising:

a computer-based server operating a predetermined computer program and storing information in a knowledge base associated with a user;

an individual electronic access device by which the user accesses the knowledge base through the Internet using a HyperText Markup Language interface;

wherein the stored information includes a curriculum of a medical teaching institution associated with the user, with the curriculum reformatted to be in a predetermined format for storage and access in the server;

wherein the stored information is organized using a problem-centric organizational structure;

wherein the user, using the predetermined computer program, dynamically creates and modifies the information in the knowledge base associated with the user;

wherein the user, using the predetermined computer program, creates a private section, accessible solely by the user, and storing first selected information in the knowledge base; and

wherein the user, using the predetermined computer program, shares and makes publicly accessible second selected information in the knowledge base.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the stored information in the server includes medical information from a medical knowledge community of students, teachers and physicians.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the stored information in the server is coded using a predetermined medical methodology.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the problem-centric organizational structure of the information uses Templates, Alerts, Checklists and Protocols for accessing and storing the information.

5. The predetermined software program, embodied on a computer readable medium, implementing the system of claim 1.