A formação médica online por meio do arquivamento e comunicação de imagens radiológicas

Abstract

This study investigates how the implementation of the means of communication and Archiving Images - Picture Archiving And Communication System (PACS) could be used as information technology and communication (ITC) in medical education online. Assessing trends and potential of this new field of study, one realizes that its applications and benefits may not be restricted to medical and hospital environment, but also the learning environments using radiological images. Medical care at a distance through telemedicine consultation favors a second opinion when the distance is a critical factor, and allows many calls from happening online, for example, implementation and testing of diagnostic imaging. For this reason, one of the areas of telemedicine that have benefited most from this modality was radiology. Often the exams at a distance is the responsibility of a resident oriented so online by a specialist, as the project POA_S@UDE Hospital Materno Infantil Presidente Vargas in Porto Alegre, in the care of pregnant patients Neighborhood Restinga taking the examinations ultrasound. This experiment was assessed from a perspective of distance education, whereas residents involved in the project are doctors in training who work in a mode online, through questionnaires to specialists and residents who work or have been engaged in the project. The formation aspects of medical teaching, especially to work in online environments, development of assessment methodologies, interaction between the individuals involved, were evaluated to consider the experience to be used in medical courses as a means of distance education using PACS.