Using MIRC to Create Medical School and Resident Training Programs Krishna Juluru, MD Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY

Using MIRC to Create Medical School and Resident Training

Programs

Krishna Juluru, MD

Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, NY

MIRC: Features

• Ease of deployment• Ability to have multiple users across a network• Simple file creation, and ease of modifying structure

and content of a file• Ability to store multiple forms of media• Simple indexing and search features• Securely store protected heath information• Facilitate limited user interaction:

– Question / answer

Use case #1 – Unknown case conference




• Less anxiety than traditional unknown case conference

• Promotes extra reading• Promotes collaboration between senior

and junior residents• More memorable … even fun!• Cases available for future review• Does not have to be sole attending

responsibility … can involve participation of residents / fellows

Use case #2 – Presentation and skills assessment

Use Case #2: Presentation and skills assessment

Use case #2: Presentation and skills assessment

Use Case #2 – Presentation and skills assessment

• Ability to attach virtually any file to a MIRC teaching file– Images– Video– Word Documents– PowerPoint

• Share teaching materials with residents / medical students

• Ability to index content• Provide a skills assessment

– This is for resident self-evaluation only … answers are not stored

Ways of building cases on MIRC

• MIRC Authoring Tool

• PowerPoint Tool: Convert PowerPoints to MIRC documents!

• IHE – TCE: From PACS to MIRC!

• Lightweight tools– Send2MIRC– Email2MIRC

Use Case #3 – Follow-up of cases

Use Case #3 – Follow up of cases

• Use of PHI section– Secure– Information available to owner of case as needed

• Ability to set user permissions

Use case #3 – Follow up of cases

Use case #4 – Personal Teaching File

• Ease of authoring a case

• Ability to have your own protected space within MIRC

• Resident / medical student / faculty roles: Promote further collaboration between residents, students & faculty

• Ability to export cases and take them with you

MIRC for Resident / Medical School Training Programs

• Use cases– Unknown case conference– Presentation and skills assessment– Follow up of cases– Personal Teaching files

• Free• Easy to set up• Ease of distribution to multiple users promotes

sharing and collaboration

Thank you!