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MedSkills: a learning environment for evidence-based medical skills.
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PMID:  20405094     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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OBJECTIVES: EBP (evidence-based practice) is becoming the standard paradigm in modern healthcare. Therefore different healthcare providers have the need for easily accessible evidence-based information. The Internet creates new opportunities to fill the gaps in education that are experienced by healthcare workers. Contributing to solutions and filling in the needs in the above-mentioned scope, the University of Brussels initiated a European project called MedSkills in 2004.
METHODS: MedSkills' main goal was to create a copyright-free reference work containing valuable evidence-based information on medical skills for all levels of healthcare professionals (paramedics, nurses and physicians, teachers of medical skills and students).
RESULTS: We succeeded in designing and creating a framework to suit the requirements of different users, in 'cellular', 'organ', 'body' and 'best treatment' content maps. A wiki tool was installed to allow the project to be built and in order to maintain itself.
CONCLUSIONS: This multi-professional and international initiative, unique in its kind aims at contributing to a gold standard for European healthcare, via the creation of a freely available, consistent and updatable evidence-based teaching environment.
Authors:
R Buyl; M Nyssen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-04-20
Journal Detail:
Title:  Methods of information in medicine     Volume:  49     ISSN:  0026-1270     ISO Abbreviation:  Methods Inf Med     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-05     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0210453     Medline TA:  Methods Inf Med     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  390-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Statistics and Medical Informatics, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Jette, Belgium. Ronald.Buyl@vub.ac.be
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