Medici: Case scenarios in clinical medicine
e-medici is an online learning tool, which had its beginnings at the University of Adelaide Discipline of Surgery. In 2009 the originators of e-medici won an Australian Learning and Teaching (ALTC) Grant to expand the tool from Surgery into other medical disciplines.
Logon here to use Medici
To run Medici you MUST have the latest Shockwave player which is free and available from Adobe.
If you have the Shockwave Player and have a password, login below. If you don't have a password, register for general access to eMedici. To register for access to the formative assessment material used at the University of Adelaide, please contact us via email.
If you receive an error using Shockwave, try the following
Wollongong students: Please use firstname.lastname as your username to gain access to your cases eg "edward.palmer"
About Medici
In essence, e-medici comprises a series of patient based cases from across different disciplines in medicine. The cases have been written by experts in the field, senior students, or a collaboration between the two.
All cases have been peer-reviewed by content experts and medical educators in a two-stage process. Thus, students can be assured that the quality of cases is high and the fidelity (how realistic they are) is also high.
These cases represent common problems that you will almost certainly encounter during your education and throughout your career. In terms of level of difficulty, the cases that are offered represent the knowledge that would be expected of a graduating medical student (that is, a student at the end of the final year of their medical degree). Students at any year level can reasonably attempt the cases, if they feel they have the knowledge required to tackle the case. However, students in later years may find these materials more appropriate to their learning needs than novice medical students.
All cases have stated learning objectives. It is not the intention that once a student has worked through a case, they have “finished” that case and can address all of the objectives. The objectives may require students to engage in further self-directed learning, which could include speaking to clinical teachers, discussion with other students, and extended reading. All of the cases offer some references, but again, these are not exhaustive and students would be well advised to seek out further knowledge.
All cases include test items – multiple choice and short answer – which are given a weighting. Scores range from -1 to +3. A score of -1 means that the answer is not only incorrect, but in a real situation the patient may be cause harm if that option had been taken. A score of 0 indicate the answer is simply wrong, and a positive score means that the answer is correct. All items include feedback for students, which has been demonstrated repeatedly to be a powerful way of learning.
The Medici style of learning and its content have been critically evaluated and the results of evaluations published in the international literature. The clinical scenarios encourage the user to make decisions on diagnosis, investigation and treatment without putting themselves or the patient at risk.
Cases are constantly being added to e-medici. If you would like to contribute a case or collaborate with the authors, please contact us.
