Document 0609 DOCN M94A0609 TI The HIV Hypermedia Medical Education Project. DT 9412 AU Bearman M; Kidd M; Cesnik B; Turnidae J; McCoy R; Unit of Medical Informatics, Monash University, East Bentleigh,; Australia. SO Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:80 (poster no. 13). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94349046 AB This is an interactive computer based poster demonstration. It provides conference participants with the opportunity to engage in a hands on exploration of this richly linked hypertext program and its exciting multimedia components. The HIV Hypermedia Medical Education Project has been created to provide a comprehensive computer based teaching program for Australian medical students and general practitioners. The project comprises an extensive database of factual material, a series of interactive patient management problems and a group of teaching tutorials on the prevention and management of HIV infection. It has been developed utilising Toolbook for Windows and runs on a 486 PC with 4MB of RAM and a SuperVGA monitor running 256 colours. The project has resulted in the creation of over 1000 screens of information plus over 150 clinical photographs, x-rays, diagrams, charts and sequences of animation. Users can elect to be directed through various components of the program or can totally direct their own learning experience. DE Curriculum *Education, Medical, Continuing *Education, Medical, Undergraduate Family Practice/*EDUCATION Human *HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/THERAPY *Software *User-Computer Interface MEETING ABSTRACT SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).