A VLE for the education and training of health care

professionals

CHASEtownCHASEtown

PresentersCaron McMahon & Ger Cannon

Project TeamProject Team

Caron McMahonPamela HenryGerald CannonColette LyngMary McGrathAnne Spencer

Aim of ProjectAim of Project

Case study based VLEShared resources (among lecturers

and institutions)Ease of use and enjoyable for end

userElement of time – patients age,

episodes of care happen over a period of time

CHASEtown Version 1CHASEtown Version 1

Completed September 06Developed in-housePros

Ease of understanding and use for studentWorked in conjunction with other on-line

tools e.g. Moodle, video serverCons

Lack of flexibility in creating placesStandard language entry caused problems

among different disciplines

CHASEtown Version 2CHASEtown Version 2

Built from the back end up so that flexibility could be incorporated

Developed in conjunction with contracted company over last 6months

Highly configurable and scaleableNavigation metaphor not as evident in

final version but search functionality added

CHASEtown Version 2CHASEtown Version 2

Will be used in modules in the coming semester (Feb-May 06)

Example usage of case study

Age 10 Fracture Right Elbow

Age 21 Depression

Age 38 Road Traffic Accident

Future Admissions

Mental Health

IDENTIFY CHASETOWN OBJECTS

The Place & Resources

IDENTIFY CHASETOWN OBJECTS

The Place & Resources Life Continuum For James McCafferty

IHD & Angina

Accident and Emergency

Documentation Video Photographs X Rays Web site Links

Accident and Emergency

Documentation Documentation X Rays

CHASEtown Where we’re going

CHASEtown Where we’re going

Working on external partnershipsPresently these include Portsmouth,

SHIP trust, Western AustraliaDevelopment of V3 with improved

user interface and application packing

Q&AQ&A

For further information contactpamela.henry@dcu.ie