07 April 2005MedBiquitous Consortium Annual Meeting

Building the federation of interoperable health sciences resources

Health Education Assets Library

Sandra McIntyre, MEdProgram Manager

Computer as a reference

Computer as a teaching aid

HyperHeartDonald Blumenthal, University of Utah

Computer as virtual environment

EnviroDx Case #4Eddy A. Bresnitz

2000: A Platform for Sharing

HEAL’s mission

HEAL is a worldwide academic collaborative for free distribution of high-quality health sciences education resources. HEAL provides academic recognition for digital scholarship and promotes sharing through adherence to international digital library standards.

The HEAL Collaborative UCLA School of Medicine University of Utah Eccles Health Sciences

Library University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

Center UC, San Francisco, Health Sciences Center

HEAL values The greater good Sustainability Sharing Service Quality

Innovation Respect Teamwork Collaboration

HEAL constituencies Health sciences faculty Health sciences schools –

medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, allied health professions, et al.

Health sciences libraries

HEAL

2005: Value Proposition

A comprehensive collection of high-quality educational resources

HEAL collection scope

Neuroanatomy Neurology Cardiology Dermatology Patient education

materials

Pathology Histology Obstetrics/gynecology Radiology

20,000 items and growing

Pathology and RadiologyPathology Education Instructional Resource, University of Alabama at Birmingham

30,000 images

Pancreas

DermatologyKnowledge Weavers Dermatology Collection

330 images

Milium extraction John Bezzant, University of Utah

Obstetrics/GynecologyKnowledge Weavers Human Reproduction Collection

50 images

Uterine ruptureMatthew Peterson, University of Utah

Gross PathologyTemple University Pathology Collection70 images

Metastatic lung carcinoma John Wurzel, Temple University

Anatomy/Surgical ProceduresRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical Illustrations Collection

750 illustrations

Epidural Hematoma Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland

NeurologyNeuroLogic Exam Videos

468 video and audio files

This patient has incomplete abduction of her left eye from a 6th nerve palsy:

Paul Larsen, University of Nebraska, and Suzanne Stensaas, University of Utah

Reproductive PhysiologyUniversity of Cincinnati

61 Flash animations, diagrams, and videos

Steroid Hormones in CirculationAndrew La Barbera, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

CardiologyECG Learning Center

248 illustrations

Long QT MischiefFrank G. Yanowitz, University of Utah

ProcessesKnowledge Weavers Animations Collection

25 animations

HyperHeartDonald Blumenthal, University of Utah

Patient EducationMedlinePlus Interactive Tutorials, National Library of Medicine

322 animations

Academic recognition of innovative teachers

Peer review Formalized appraisal of digital scholarship Transparent review process Assures quality of HEAL’s holdings Reviewers are trained Reviewers are not anonymous Begun in January 2005 with 104 peer reviewers

Review criteria Developed by national

taskforce

Online Submission

Review certificate

New faculty submissions University of Cincinnati College of Medicine:

Reproductive Physiology animations (Andrew La Barbera)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine:Gallery of Hematology Images (Christine Lawrence)

International dissemination via a distributed network

The HEAL Federation of Affiliate Collections

New affiliate collection partners MERLOT IVIMEDS Consortium of E-Learning in Geriatrics

Instructions (CELGI) Bioscience Education Network (BEN) Partnerships for Training (George Washington) Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education

Library (multiple NANOS collections)

International standards for preservation, cataloging, and exchange

HEAL Metadata Schema v1.5

HEAL Metadata Schema v1.5 Assets-oriented metadata Healthcare extensions 36 elements, 12 required Many changes made in September 2004 Will add additional LOM elements in 2005 Working with MedBiquitous

Ingestion options

Cataloging services Professional cataloger Controlled vocabulary:

MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Simple Search

Advanced Search

Browse by MeSH

Protecting intellectual property Creative Commons licensing engine

Protecting patient privacy HEAL’s patient release form complies with Calif. law and

with HIPAA requirements

Efficient management and distribution of assets within institutions

Localized version: HEAL_Local Created by HEAL for the

specific needs of health sciences schools and libraries

Interoperable with HEAL (Central)

Beta testing Summer 2005 Release end of 2005

The Outlook Ahead

Strategic objectives 2005-07 Build the HEAL Reviewed Collection. Expand the HEAL Federation of Affiliate Collections. Deliver Localized Version. Build the HEAL Collaborative. Deliver improved application: search functionality and

e-portfolios. Expand HEAL to fully catalog complex learning

objects.

Challenges Long-term preservation Full integration with LMSs/LCMSs Serving schools and libraries with additional

services, tools, processes

For more information

Sebastian Uijtdehaage bas@mednet.ucla.eduCo-Director

Sharon Dennis sdennis@lib.med.utah.eduCo-Director

Sandra McIntyre smcintyre@mednet.ucla.edu Program Manager

www.healcentral.org