The MERG suite: Tools for discovering competencies and associated learning resources

Ravi Teja Bhupatiraju; William R. Hersh; Valerie Smothers; Michael Fordis; Peter S. Greene

doi:10.1186/1751-0473-3-7

The MERG suite: Tools for discovering competencies and associated learning resources

Ravi Teja Bhupatiraju, William R. Hersh, Valerie Smothers, Michael Fordis, Peter S. Greene

Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology

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Background: As the demands for competency-based education grow, the need for standards-based tools to allow for publishing and discovery of competency-based learning content is more pressing. This project focused on developing federated discovery services for competency-based medical e-learning content. Methods: We built a tool suite for authoring and discovery of medical e-learning metadata. The end-user usability of the tool suite was evaluated through a web-based survey. Results: The suite, implemented as an open-source system, was evaluated to identify areas for improvement. Conclusion: The MERG suite is a starting point for organizations implementing competency-based e-learning resources.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7
Journal	Source Code for Biology and Medicine
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0473-3-7
State	Published - May 14 2008

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