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The database — known as Clinical Educational Resources or CER — contains videos, audio files, power point presentations — and can be accessed by anyone with a UNMC Lotus Notes username and password.
“These materials can be used to instruct classes or to help students and faculty members learn or brush up on new or seldom used skills,” said Cheryl Thompson, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Nursing and chairwoman of the group that compiled the materials.
For example, she said, a nursing student who needs to remember how to give an injection can log on and find a short video that demonstrates this skill.
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 have been submitted for use. Eighty-nine items are available for student use, without faculty oversight.
Many videos and materials still need to be reviewed and loaded into the database, Dr. Thompson said.
Ideas for more videos and other materials are sought as are volunteers to help review the materials already on hand, she said.
“The faster we get these videos reviewed, the faster we get them posted,” Dr. Thompson said.