Design,Development, and Content Creation for an Open Education Physics Website for MRT Education |
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| Institution: | 1. Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Associate Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency at the Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts;2. Director of Alumni Relations and Development in the Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee;3. Board member of the Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Association, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee;4. Former resident and Margulis Society for Alumni class representative, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California;5. Current fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas;6. Vice Chair for Education, Director of Radiology Medical Student Education and Program Director Emeritus in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia;1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany;2. Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany;3. Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany;1. University of Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada;2. TECHNA Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;3. Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, ON, Canada;4. École polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada;1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;1. Department of Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2. Department of Radiation Therapy, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;5. Department of Medical Physics, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;6. Department of Nursing, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundAs health care technologies continue to advance rapidly, resulting in improved standards of practice, it is essential for health care professionals to continually expand on their current skills and knowledge. We describe here an initiative to use open education resources to provide ongoing education in radiation medical sciences and imaging.AimsThe aim of this study to design an interactive, engaging, multilevel radiation medical physics resource, which is fully open to the public, and functional on all types of computing devices. Our primary target audiences are students and workers in medical radiation technology and other health care professionals as part of their continuing professional development.Design and DevelopmentThe three tasks of design, development, and content creation were most efficiently performed in parallel wherever possible. A modern responsive web design was adopted to target all desktop and mobile devices. Only open-source tools and libraries were used in developing the OpenPhys website.Overall Website Design and NavigationThe homepage is a modern tile-based design containing one coloured tile for each lesson. Clicking anywhere on a coloured lesson tile will open up a two-dimensional interactive concept map linking to content pages. Currently, 10 lessons are available online ranging from the electronic structure of the atom to MRI basics: “NMR” and “Inside a Pixel”. Lesson pages include text, images, graphics, equations, quizzes, and interactive animations.User FeedbackAn online questionnaire was emailed to current radiation therapy students at the University of Alberta and alumni regarding the functionality and navigation of the website.Discussion/ConclusionTo our knowledge, OpenPhys is the first open education resource specializing in radiation physics and medical imaging. We believe OpenPhys will fill existing gaps in the realm of physics education delivery and could be a component of a blended learning initiative. Future steps will include a formal evaluation of the website and content. |
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| Keywords: | Open education resources radiation physics continuing medical education modern web blended learning educational technology |
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