Medical Laboratories: Enrich understanding of physiology by bringing real patients into the lab
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LabTutor Medical Laboratories bring real patients into the teaching laboratory by integrating patient video interviews, real patient data and clinical test results with related physiology experiments. With Medical Laboratories, students are able to understand the relevance of physiological concepts in a clinical context.
Learn physiology in a clinical context
LabTutor Medical Laboratories are perfect for students studying physiology for medicine, nursing or health science courses, as it makes a connection between student laboratory work and real patients with pertinent clinical problems.
Physiological data acquisition and analysis exercises are integrated with patient case studies. By using LabTutor Medical Laboratories students will:
- Get hands-on practice measuring physiological parameters including BP, ECG and respiratory rate
- Look at clinical test results of a patient with a medical condition that is relevant to their own physiological data - including essential hypertension, aortic stenosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- View high quality video interviews of a patient and examine their specialized test results, such as MRI and CT scans
- Compare their own recordings with patient data
- Evaluate both data sets in relation to the relevant physiological and clinical theory
- Make their own diagnoses that can be compared with actual diagnoses
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How do the laboratories work?The laboratories consist of two parts. Part One: In the lab, students will record their own physiological variables (such as blood pressure, ECG, autonomic nervous function, muscle activity and more) using PowerLab systems and LabTutor software. Once this is completed, Part Two of the experiment can be performed either in the lab, or outside the lab using LabTutor Online.
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Part Two: Students will ‘meet’ real patients by watching a series of short video interviews presented in the LabTutor interface. These patients have medical problems, the understanding of which requires recording of the same physiological variables recorded in Part One. The videos in Part Two show the patient, and sometimes the patient’s family members, describing various aspects of their illness. Students are then presented with the results of laboratory tests and any specialized tests required (such as MRI or CT scans). Videos showing how these specialized tests are performed are also included in the experiment. Students are able to use the understanding of the physiological variables obtained in Part One to assess the related medical problems presented in Part Two. As the students work through the material in Parts One and Two, they compare their own physiological data to the patient’s and answer relevant questions. When the experiment is completed, students submit a report for evaluation by the educator. Students can then view a video in which a clinician summarizes the patient’s medical condition. |
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| To preserve students' educational experience, the clinical diagnoses featured in each Medical Laboratory case study have not been detailed on our website. Please contact your ADInstruments Representative for more detailed information. | ||
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Connect your students with real patients nowThe exciting new multimedia features of LabTutor 4.1 Suite allow Medical Laboratories to be presented in the LabTutor interface. To use LabTutor Medical Laboratories, upgrade to LabTutor 4.1 now or request more information. Let students take patients homeLabTutor Online allows educators to set Part Two of the Medical Laboratory as work to be completed outside the classroom. By simply logging in via the LabTutor Online webpage, students will be able to view their own data; patients interviews, data and test results; answer set questions; and submit lab reports - from any computer with an internet connection. Want to add your own video to LabTutor Experiments?With the release of LabTutor 4.1, LabAuthor now allows you to add mp3 (sound) and mp4 (movie) files to your experiments and much more. |
ADInstruments holds written informed consents from all of the patients, their relatives, Doctors and other Health Professionals for the use of the videos, the results of investigations and other materials used in these cases, and all promotional materials related to them.
07 February 2011
