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TUSK: The Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase
(formerly the HSDB):A Knowledge Management System
Susan AlbrightTarik Alkasab
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TUSK Perspecitives
• Faculty
• Students
• Curriculum Planners
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TUSK Features Overview
Curriculum Support•Schedules
•Quizzes
•Evaluations
•Announcements
•Discussion Groups
Indexing/Searching•UMLS
•Full-text
•Course
•Author
Course Management•Course description and objectives
•Announcements
•Faculty list
•Reading list
•Grading policy
•Teaching sites
Content•HTML/XML Documents
•Images
•PDF Files
•Audio (Real, Quicktime, MP3)
•Video (Real, Quicktime)
•Animations
•Zoomable images
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Open Source Perspective
• Built on open source software– MySQL, Apache, mod_perl
• Beta test of TUSK system portability– NYMC
– University of Natal, Durban SA
• Future: – Distributed development
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Faculty Perspective
• Easy metadata input
• Markup for special significance
• Search and include relevant text, multimedia from colleagues
• Concept mapping: find documents with like objectives – make connections across the curriculum
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Search/Include Content
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XML Markup for Meaning
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Select UMLS Keywords
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Link to Curricular Objectives
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Create Concept Maps
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Student Perspective
• Personal notes through the curriculum
• Personal collections of TUSK data
• Personal information carried forward through 4 years of med school and beyond
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Student Views
• Log in page
• Home page
• Discussions
• Announcements
• Content of various types
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Student Home Page
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Curriculum Planner
• Where are things taught in the curriculum
• Where are the connections – concept mapping
• What are the prerequisites learning objectives for each course
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Content Management
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CMS Site Map
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The Future
• Link TUSK to the Rest of the World– Open archive linkages—e.g., to HEAL
– Shibboleth authentication
– UMLS-indexed external material represented in TUSK
– Seamless searching of Tufts-licensed material from within TUSK
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The Future
• Concept Maps – Web of curricular information
• Personal annotations ubiquitous within TUSK and external content