IUSM Educational Technology

I’ve been working with Sue Maple and Dr. Hilgarth on the specifications for the ICM-I and ICM-II form modifications.  Students in Terre Haute have been issued handheld devices to log encounters as part of a new Rural Medicine project.  As part of this project, the ICM-I and ICM-II forms needed to be modified.  Both forms are to have the exact same field data, with one minor exception.  The ICM-II form will have an additional field for Group and Preceptor.  This field will be specifically for Indianapolis ICM-II students only.  Therefore, I’ve created a single ICM form that will be accessed from two separate links.  Each link will pass the clerkship value of ICM-I or ICM-II.  The new form will display the proper data based on the ICM link that was accessed.  If an ICM-I student accesses the form, their form will be identical to the ICM-II form, but without the Group and Preceptor options.  Whereas, if an ICM-II student accesses the form, he/she will have the Group and Preceptor option.  I decided to use one form mainly for the reason of future updates.  Since both forms had the exact same fields, updating one form (the ICM form) would propagate to both ICM-I and ICM-II students.  This form also incorporates some AJAX technology in displaying the Preceptor drop-down based on the Group selection on the ICM-II form.