Document 0817
 DOCN  M9480817
 TI    Tuberculosis, back to the future: a multimedia presentation to
       complement infectious diseases lectures.
 DT    9410
 AU    Glosser W; McCandless D; Jensen L; el Sawi N; Univ. of Health Sci.,
       Kansas City, MO.
 SO    Abstr Gen Meet Am Soc Microbiol. 1994;94:628 (abstract no. W-8). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ASM94/94313128
 AB    An interactive multimedia presentation was used as a lecture-support
       module to communicate concepts of mycobacterial pulmonary infections to
       second-year medical students. The presentation was developed on the
       Macintosh using Macromind Director (version 3.1) authoring system. The
       computer generated color text and figures and animations were presented
       onto a large projection screen--for easy viewing in the classroom--using
       Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) projection panel and overhead projector.
       These files were also converted from the Macintosh to the IBM-compatible
       platform using Windows Player. The format for the presentations consists
       of six areas: about tuberculosis (TB), disease, therapy, TB/AIDS,
       infection control and review questions which are displayed on the
       opening screen. The presentation consists of motion, sound, animation,
       Quick Time movies, text and still screens. It creates an interactive
       world controlled by the user where topics as pathogenesis and therapy
       are visually explained through animations while Quick Time Movies
       demonstrates diagnostic procedures such as skin testing. Finally, the
       courseware asks questions, the user responds, and the courseware
       indicates whether or not the user is correct. With the control of a
       mouse and buttons, points could be entered at the lecturer's discretion
       which allows for time to discuss points as they appear on the screen.
       This captures the student attention and replaces the use of multiple
       slides or transparencies. The added advantage to this computer
       projection is the ease of editing the content and updating information
       without the extra cost of additional slides. This presentation was used
       regularly as a learning strategy by students at The University of Health
       Sciences.
 DE    Audio-Visual Aids  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections  Curriculum
       Education, Medical/*METHODS  Human  Motion Pictures  Students, Medical
       Teaching/*METHODS  *Tuberculosis/PREVENTION & CONTROL/THERAPY  MEETING
       ABSTRACT

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