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

Use case #1 – Unknown case conference

Use case #1 – Unknown case conference

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!