e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

Dawn Mercer, Office of Research and Innovation, Seneca CollegeCaius Grozav, School of Computer Studies, Seneca CollegeJulie Jeffries, School of Health Sciences, Seneca College

e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

Educational Challenge

• Providing patient information in a format that emulates clinical records

•Real patient records are protected under strict confidentiality

e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

Constraints

•Reliability

•Basic technology skills of faculty and students

•Reuseable in other educational contexts

e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

Forms are completed by faculty in the same format as the students will see.

e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

A URL is generated that is copied and pasted into a LMS or a course web page.

e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

Beginning this Fall these “patient records” will be integrated with the SimMan lab.

e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

Structure of the back end:

• Patient data in XML format, generated by the Flash interface and send to the server;

• Php script for login (authentication) and save/retrieve data

e-Charts: A Simulated Patient Record

For exploration the tool is accessible at:

http://echarts.senecac.on.ca/

Username: demoPassword: demodemo

After September 15 accounts can be requested from Dawn Mercer dawn.mercer@senecac.on.ca

Discussion of other collaborations are welcome. Please contact Dawn Mercer with suggestions and enquiries.