| MAC AIDS Fund Leadership Initiative | |
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Partner:
Anke Ehrhardt-
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies The MAC AIDS Leadership Initiative trains fellows from South Africa in HIV/AIDS prevention at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) and Columbia University. The initiative is a 12-month training program designed to cultivate new leaders in HIV/AIDS prevention who will... |
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Private Released: February 2008 | |
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Medicine and Health
| SMART +SA | |
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Partner:
Robert Remien-
Department of Psychiatry The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is supporting CCNMTL and Dr. Robert Remien, a research scientist at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, with a two-year grant to adapt and pilot test a multimedia version of SMART Couples, an HIV-treatment adherence program that has been shown to be effective in New York City HIV care clinics. The grant will allow the program to extend its reach to South Africa, which has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world. |
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| Virtual Microscopy | |
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Patrice Spitalnik-
College of Physicians and Surgeons Beginning in Fall 2007, first-year students in the Sciences Basic to the Practice of Medicine and Dentistry (SBPMD) course are participating in a pilot program to test a new virtual microscopy solution that could change the way medical and dental students learn about tissues. In addition to viewing glass slides... |
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Private Released: October 2007 | |
| Forced Migration Case Studies | |
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Partner:
Neil Boothby-
School of Public Health The Forced Migration site contains case studies in humanitarian crises that deal mostly with issues of protection and the moral quandaries of humanitarian action. Included in each case are authentic media resources that are strategically attached to parts of the narratives. The site also features a forum that provides students a space for raising questions, completing assignments and analyzing and critiquing any of the media resources or cases as artifacts. |
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Columbia only Released: October 2007 | |
| ReliefSim | |
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Partner:
Ronald Waldman-
School of Public Health ReliefSim is a prototype of a simulation of a humanitarian emergency scenario. Students play the role of the health relief director and have a team of people they assign to assess the situation and attempt to manage the health concerns of the crisis. This simulation prototype was designed to train... |
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Private Revised: November 2006 Released: November 2002 | |
| Virtual Techniques in Dentistry (VirTechs) | |
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Partner:
Dory Calev, Stanley Freeman, Richard Lichtenthal, Shantanu Lal-
College of Dental Medicine CCNMTL and the College of Dental Medicine collaborated to create Virtual Techniques in Dentistry (VirTechs). This interactive Web-based dental laboratory manual provides students with access to detailed instruction on procedures and treatments. The VirTechs collection includes video demonstrations, instructions, and supplementary materials for learning the dental procedures that are covered... |
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Open to all Released: August 2006 | |
| Emergency Preparedness Directed Learning Experiences | |
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Partner:
Kristine Gebbie-
School of Nursing In order to serve New York City's need to develop a program of continuing education to prepare health professionals for potentially catastrophic emergency and terror events, Columbia University developed a series of Web-based experiences on responding to radiological, chemical, biological, and conventional terror attacks from an emergency-preparedness perspective. CCNMTL will... |
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Private Released: April 2006 | |
| Advanced Practice Nursing: Mobile Decision Support | |
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Partner:
Suzanne Bakken-
School of Nursing Beginning in September 2005, over 300 doctoral and nurse practitioner candidates at the School of Nursing will use Palm and Pocket PC devices in three practice areas: depression screening, smoking cessation, and obsesity management. This National Institute of Health-funded project promotes evidence-based, error-free patient care for nurses in training.... |
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Columbia only Released: January 2006 | |
| Personalized Lifelong Learning Plans for Dentists | |
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Partner:
John Zimmerman-
College of Dental Medicine Supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), the Personal Lifelong Learning Project (PL3P) serves as a portal for post-graduate dental residents in the Advanced Education and General Dentistry, General Practice Residency, and Graduate Prosthodontics programs at Columbia. The goal of the project is... |
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Private Released: August 2005 | |
| Image Annotation Tool | |
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Partner:
Letty Moss-Salentijn-
College of Dental Medicine The Image Annotation Tool (IAT) is Web-based application designed for students and faculty to upload, organize, categorize, present and annotate digital images. The IAT provides students with a workspace equipped with tools to study images. Students also can annotate and organize images into meaningful categories to support their individual study... |
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Columbia only Released: January 2005 | |
| CUPEx: Comprehensive Understanding of Physical Examination (Prototype) | |
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Partner:
Carmen Ortiz-Neu-
College of Physicians & Surgeons CUPEx is an online video-based tool aimed at improving the teaching and learning of physical examination skills to medicine, nursing, and dentistry students. This prototype module covers the cardiovascular system and features streaming video demonstrations, study guides, quizzes, and relevant anatomical, basic science, and clinical information.... |
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Columbia only Released: March 2004 | |
| Heart Simulator | |
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Partner:
Daniel Burkhoff, Marc Dickstein-
College of Physicians & Surgeons Modeling the pressure-volume relationship, the Heart Simulator contains parameters that students manipulate to simulate conditions and pathologies useful for teaching and learning the function of the heart. It provides a continuous graphic output of the relationship between pressure and volume in the heart under varying conditions. Project revised Fall 2003.... |
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Open to all Released: October 2003 | |
| Epiville: Disease Outbreak Simulation | |
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Partner:
Dan Herman Lydia Zablotska-
School of Public Health Students play the role of a epidemiologist, gathering facts and deciding actions to curb an outbreak that has struck the fictitious town of "Epiville_. The case study uses digital video newscasts and interviews and municipal Web sites provide information about commerce and diseases in an attempt to mirror real-life situations.... |
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Private Released: September 2003 | |
| Cost Benefit Analysis in Health | |
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Partner:
Joshua Graff Zivin-
School of Public Health A set of modules designed to give students an opportunity to experiment with cost benefit problems in the field of healthcare. The students will learn various statistical methods measuring quality of life, powering and sampling, collection and indirect cost data, discounting and sensitivity analysis. By working through the simulations modules... |
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Columbia only Released: January 2003 | |
| Pediatric Residency Program | |
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Partner:
Dr. D. Meyer-
College of Physicians & Surgeons The project provides an online architecture for the University's community pediatric training program.... |
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Private Released: July 2002 | |
| Nursing Clinical Rotation Palm Database | |
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Partner:
Sarah Cook, Suzanne Bakken, Lesly Curtis-
School of Nursing A PDA environment will enable Nursing students to report on their experiences at clinical rotation sites. Both faculty and students will have the ability to track their experiences and generate reports on the fly. As a result, site and preceptor evaluations will be completed more accurately and efficiently.... |
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Private Released: January 2002 | |
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