A database of free online instructional materials from several UNMC educational areas has been expanded.
The database — known as Clinical Educational Resources or CER — contains videos, audio files, PowerPoint presentations — and can be accessed by anyone with a UNMC Lotus Notes username and password.
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CER — which was formed thanks to the efforts of a subcommittee of the Clinical Skills Advisory Committee — is the centralization of materials that various colleges and units have produced.
CER currently includes materials from the Colleges of Dentistry, Nursing, Medicine and the School of Allied Health Professions. A total of 327 items are available for use by faculty and 173 items are available for student use, without faculty oversight.
“The database is especially useful for teaching or as a review,” said Cheryl Thompson, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UNMC College of Nursing.
Whether a student needs to see a demonstration of the proper technique for suturing or a health professional needs a refresher course on how to give an injection, they will find it in the CER database, she said.
“Many of the videos are short — three to four minutes in length — and focus just on how to do the skill being demonstrated,” Dr. Thompson said. “Others provide more in-depth content related to a procedure.”
Ideas for more videos and other materials are sought as are volunteers to help review the materials already on hand, she said.