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Organizational Directory > MEMC

Medical Education Media Center
A Department of Evaluation and Computer Resources

Location:

    Room M2-C04A, 2411 Holmes, Kansas City, MO. 64119

Staff:

Hours:

    Mon.-Fri.: 8:00am - 8:00pm

Multimedia Learning Resources

The Medical Education Media Center's mission is to provide an instructional resource lab offering audiovisual and multimedia computer-based learning for faculty, staff, and students. The collection of over 4,000 items is composed of anatomical models, audiotapes, laserdiscs, slide sets, tutorial software and video programs for lecture support and self-study.

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Medical Education Media Center Services

  1. Online Catalog

    Media Resources Lists
    • Basic Clinical Skills
    • Board Review/Study (online & AV)
    • CUES (Communication, Understanding, Education & Self-Assessment)
    • Cultural Diversity
    • History of Medicine
    • Humanitites and Medicine
    • Palliative Care/End-of-Life Issues
    • Procedural Skills

  2. Circulation and Reservation of Collection

    • Circulation

      Audiovisual programs are circulated to students, faculty, all Hospital Hill staff, affiliates and other area healthcare professionals for a period of one week; longer lengths of time may be arranged depending upon the reservation schedule. Anatomical models and software are not circulated; these items are on reserve for student use. An exception is faculty use for classroom presentations.

    • Reservation for Lecture Support

      Booking programs for classroom presentation is strongly encouraged.
      MEMC audience statistics remain fairly steady at 40,000 viewers annually. This audience size is derived primarily from slide-lecture presentations, so it is particularly important that 35mm slides be served as early as possible. Do not expect lecture support material to be available unless you book it ahead of time. Please call us at 235-1864 or 235-1832 for information.

    • Faculty Reserve List

      Programs may also be placed on a Faculty Reserve List. This means that the material selected by faculty are taken out of general circulation and held for the specific use of required class assignments. To insure that all students have a chance to utilize the program, the circulation policy generally voids check out - student must view the program(s) in the MEMC. Faculty must give us the list of reserved items as soon as possible so that any checked-out items may be retrieved and available when the student requires it. Please call us at 235-1864 or 235-1832 for information.
     

  3. Closed-Circuit TV Programming

    Although the Office of Educational Resources (OER) manages the closed-circuit TV system for the School of Medicine, the Media Center supervisor creates the program schedule for broadcasts. Programming is booked in two month cycles to coincide with the publication and distribution of the Closed-Circuit TV Guide. Faculty members interested in selection are encouraged to contact the Media Center. There are ten channels dedicated to specific areas in support of student rotations, continuing medical education, and residency programs (live broadcast link with St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Mo.) as follows: The CME channel, ER Medicine, "Rounds Review," Resident Conferences, Surgery, Topics in Clinical Pharmacology, Human Anatomy for Medical Students, Pediatrics, Core Curriculum in Clinical Pharmacology, and Obstetrics / Gynecology. There is one additional channel to handle special requests for programming All other information concerning closed-circuit TV should be addressed to OER's television studio at 1843.

  4. Collection Development

    Faculty interested in the availability of new media for classroom support are encouraged to submit search requests. We have audiovisual and software catalogs and have access to NLM and other web-based databases for such inquiries, or, if you have a specific title in mind, please feel free to submit it to the Media Center for possible acquisition. The Media Center budget was designed to support instructional materials for the education of our medical students. However, we do acquire some patient education programming through small grants or gifts. Previews and "demos" of new programs can be arranged through the MEMC staff for faculty inspection before purchase. Call us at 235-1832.

  5. Faculty Publication Display

    Faculty members are encouraged to supply a reprint or clean photocopy of their recently published material to the Medical Education Media Center. The article or book will be exhibited in the Faculty Display case on the second floor lobby of the School of Medicine. Only items submitted by the author(s) will be displayed. For more information, please call us at 235-1864 or 235-1832.