Course Type: Core Content

Aquifer Neurology

The 15 virtual patient cases in Aquifer Neurology cover topics recommended by leading neurology clerkship directors.

Overview

Neurologic disorders are common and can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality when not adequately diagnosed and treated. Given the critical shortage of neurologists in the U.S., Aquifer is proud to provide this training to ensure all future healthcare practitioners understand a framework to diagnose and treat essential common neurologic diagnoses.

Development of the Aquifer Neurology course was led by Dr. Alexandra Hovaguimian, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Doris Kung, Associate Professor of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, in collaboration with Aquifer, and the cases were written by neurologists at academic medical centers around the U.S. The course helps students learn the principles of neurology and integrate these principles into the care of their patients, providing an evidence-based, patient-centered approach and supporting the development of clinical problem-solving skills. With a range of cases spanning many specialties, the content stands alone as an educational tool or enriches an existing curriculum.

Embedded Curricular Threads

Embedded threads provide consistent teaching on interdisciplinary Clinical Excellence topics throughout Aquifer’s core courses. Select Aquifer Neurology cases will include new content woven into the case to highlight key principles in palliative care, trauma-informed care, social determinants of health, high value care, diagnostic excellence, and foundations of telemedicine. Learn more…

Key Features

  • Created for educators, by educators, and covers topics recommended by leading neurology clerkship directors.
  • Available for institutional subscription or for direct purchase by individual subscribers
  • Proven pedagogy that standardizes experiences—overcoming geography, seasonality, and accessibility
  • Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated content
  • A wealth of source material—including embedded assessment questions and full references—in each case
  • Delivered via the Aqueduct teaching and learning platform, which includes user management tools, easy reporting on student progress and course usage, plus tools for creating custom courses to match a specific curriculum

Course Content & Competencies

The cases in Aquifer Neurology cover topics recommended by leading neurology clerkship directors and provides realistic patient scenarios to help health professions students on a neurology rotation develop clinical reasoning skills. Several cases also include an embedded curricular thread that covers a related clinical excellence topic.

Curriculum Integration

Aquifer Neurology can be used by third-year medical students, PA students, and NP/DNP students as a complement to a clerkship or course on neurology. Programs may choose to assign all 15 cases or just a subset of cases for their learners.

Additionally, cases from Aquifer Neurology can be used to provide preclinical learners with exposure to this key topic, or combined with cases from our other courses into a custom course to support an elective or capstone course.

Case List

Neurology 01: 40-year-old with progressive weakness
Neurology 02: 26-year-old found unconscious
Neurology 03: 23-year-old with episodes of confusion
Neurology 04: 9-month-old with reflux and motor delay
Neurology 05: 34-year-old with numbness and tingling
Neurology 06: 37-year-old with upper extremity weakness
Neurology 07: 68-year-old with essential tremor
Neurology 08: 51-year-old with ptosis
Neurology 09: 75-year -old with memory loss
Neurology 10: 7-year-old with headache
Neurology 11: 24-year-old with headache
Neurology 12: 70-year-old with light-headedness and numbness
Neurology 13: 28-year-old with dizziness
Radiology 09: 34-year-old male Neuro – Trauma
Radiology 10: 40-year-old male Neuro – Vascular and HIV

Aquifer Neurology Course Board

Aquifer Family Medicine

Exam Room
In collaboration with:
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)

The 40 interactive virtual patient cases in AquiferSM Family Medicine deliver on the learning objectives of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s (STFM) clerkship curriculum, powered by AqueductSM, Aquifer’s teaching and learning platform.

Overview

Aquifer Family Medicine builds clinical competency, fills educational gaps, and helps instill the core values and attitudes of family medicine. The course fosters self-directed and independent study, develops clinical problem-solving skills, and teaches an evidence-based, patient-centered approach to patient care.

Now Available: Embedded Curricular Threads

New embedded threads provide consistent teaching on interdisciplinary Clinical Excellence topics throughout Aquifer’s core courses. Select Family Medicine cases include brief teaching to highlight key principles in palliative care, trauma-informed care, social determinants of health, high value care, diagnostic excellence, and foundations of telemedicine. Learn more…

Key Features

  • Created for educators, by educators, to cover the full range of STFM curriculum
  • Available for institutional subscription or for direct purchase by individual subscribers
  • Access to Aquifer Calibrate: Transformative Assessments for Clinical Learning Mastery, our innovative system for formative assessment, available with your 2023-24 subscription
  • Proven pedagogy that standardizes experiences—overcoming geography, seasonality, and accessibility
  • Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated content
  • Self-assessment questions emphasize key content and enable students to test their knowledge and skills
  • A wealth of source material, tools, and full references in each case
  • Delivered via the Aqueduct teaching and learning platform, which includes user management options, easy reporting on student progress and course usage, plus tools for creating custom courses to match a specific curriculum

Course Content

This course covers the complete STFM Family Medicine Clerkship Curriculum. Course content includes five Aquifer Pediatrics cases and two Aquifer Internal Medicine cases to help cover the full range of family medicine learning objectives.

Curriculum Integration

Aquifer Family Medicine can be used by third-year medical students, PA students, and NP/DNP students as a complement to a clerkship or course on family medicine.

Assessment

Aquifer Calibrate, an innovative system for formative assessments, is available for Aquifer Family Medicine. Calibrate combines the concepts of test-enhanced learning and distributed practice to facilitate efficient study planning and self-directed learning for students, and identify at-risk students and curricular gaps for faculty.  Calibrate is available with your 2023-24 institutional subscription to Family Medicine.

Case List

Family Medicine 01: 45-year-old female wellness visit

Family Medicine 02: 55-year-old male wellness visit

Family Medicine 03: 65-year-old female with insomnia

Family Medicine 04: 19-year-old female with sports injury

Family Medicine 05: 30-year-old female with palpitations

Family Medicine 06: 57-year-old female diabetes care visit

Family Medicine 07: 53-year-old male with leg swelling

Family Medicine 08: 54-year-old male with elevated blood pressure

Family Medicine 09: 50-year-old female with palpitations

Family Medicine 10: 45-year-old male with low back pain

Family Medicine 11: 74-year-old female with knee pain

Family Medicine 12: 16-year-old female with vaginal bleeding and UCG

Family Medicine 13: 40-year-old male with a persistent cough

Family Medicine 14: 35-year-old female with missed period

Family Medicine 15: 42-year-old male with right upper quadrant pain

Family Medicine 16: 68-year-old male with skin lesion

Family Medicine 17: 55-year-old post-menopausal female with vaginal bleeding

Family Medicine 18: 24-year-old female with headaches

Family Medicine 19: 39-year-old male with epigastric pain

Family Medicine 20: 28-year-old female with lower abdominal pain

Family Medicine 21: 12-year-old female with fever

Family Medicine 22: 70-year-old male with new-onset unilateral weakness

Family Medicine 23: 5-year-old female with sore throat

Family Medicine 24: 4-week-old female with fussiness

Family Medicine 25: 38-year-old male with shoulder pain

Family Medicine 26: 55-year-old male with fatigue

Family Medicine 27: 17-year-old male with groin pain

Family Medicine 28: 58-year-old male with shortness of breath

Family Medicine 29: 72-year-old male with dementia

Family Medicine 30: 27-year-old female labor and delivery

Family Medicine 31: 66-year-old female with shortness of breath

Family Medicine 32: 33-year-old female with painful periods

Family Medicine 33: 28-year-old female with dizziness

Pediatrics 01: Newborn male infant evaluation and care

Pediatrics 02: Infant female well-child visits (2, 6, and 9 months)

Pediatrics 03: 3-year-old male well-child visit

Pediatrics 04: 8-year-old male well-child check

Pediatrics 13: 6-year-old female with chronic cough

Internal Medicine 02: 60-year-old female with chest pain

Internal Medicine 16: 45-year-old male who is overweight

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“In the first and second years of medical school, you learn a lot about physiology and diseases—usually by organ system. Aquifer Family Medicine gives you the opportunity to start thinking about the way that patients actually present—and begin to apply what you already know. The cases are a wonderful way to start turning medical facts into clinical judgment. I just wished I had used them earlier and more often.”


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Aquifer Geriatrics

Aquifer Geriatrics
In collaboration with:
American Geriatrics Society

The 28 virtual patient cases in Aquifer Geriatrics provide the AGS National Online Curriculum for medical and health professions students.

Overview

Aquifer Geriatrics helps students learn the principles of geriatric medicine and integrate these principles into the care of their patients. With a range of cases spanning many specialties, the content stands alone as an educational tool or enriches an existing curriculum.

As life spans increase, it becomes even more vital to understand the kind of health care our patients need as they age. It’s critical for healthcare providers to understand the unique health circumstances and preferences that come with aging so they can work in collaboration with one another—especially important given that more than half of older Americans are managing two or more chronic conditions.

Now Available: Embedded Curricular Threads

New embedded threads provide consistent teaching on interdisciplinary Clinical Excellence topics throughout Aquifer’s core courses. Select geriatrics cases include new content woven into our existing cases to highlight key principles in palliative care, trauma-informed care, social determinants of health, high value care, diagnostic excellence, and foundations of telemedicine. Learn more…

Publications

In the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), “Introducing Aquifer Geriatrics, the American Geriatrics Society National Online Curriculum”, discusses the development of this course, highlights best practices to incorporate cases in a variety of teaching settings, and describes teaching methods that utilize the curriculum to create a robust experience for learners.

An accompanying editorial also published in JAGS states that Aquifer Geriatrics is “helping to fill the gap that is left by the shortage of geriatrics educators” and prepares the field to “play the long game,” thanks to innovative solutions to education.

Course Details

Key Features

  • Created for educators, by educators, as the American Geriatrics Society national online curriculum for medical and health professions students
  • Available for institutional subscription or for direct purchase by individual subscribers
  • Students discover the physiological, psychological, and functional changes that occur with aging and the multifaceted aspects of geriatric care
  • Cases are function-focused and incorporate common diseases in older adults
  • Proven pedagogy that standardizes experiences—overcoming geography, seasonality, and accessibility
  • Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated content
  • A wealth of source material—including embedded assessment questions and full references—in each case
  • Delivered via the Aqueduct teaching and learning platform, which includes user management tools, easy reporting on student progress and course usage, plus tools for creating custom courses to match a specific curriculum

Course Content & Competencies

Our cases were developed collaboratively with authors from 35 different institutions. Topics covered include medication management, dementia, osteoarthritis, pain management, hospitalization, and many more.

The Aquifer Geriatrics cases have been mapped to the AAMC/JAHF Minimum Geriatrics Competencies for Medical Students.

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Curriculum Integration

The course is ideal for use within a geriatrics, internal medicine, or family medicine clerkship, or as a baseline boot camp for a Geriatrics resident or fellow. Individual cases can be integrated into another clerkship or clinical training with an emphasis on neurology, psychiatry, emergency medicine, or OB/GYN. With Aqueduct, combining these cases with another course to build a custom curriculum is easy.

Since many institutions do not have dedicated Geriatric Medicine clerkships, the cases have been further categorized and matched to medical specialties and curricula to provide a framework for assigning cases across various clerkships, like Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery.

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Aquifer Geriatrics Cases Mapped to Clerkships

Case List

Geriatrics 01: 85-year-old female using anticoagulants

Geriatrics 02: 85-year-old female with hypoglycemia

Geriatrics 03: 91-year-old female with urinary incontinence

Geriatrics 04: 85-year-old female with dementia

Geriatrics 05: 79-year-old female with agitation

Geriatrics 06: 85-year-old female with delirium

Geriatrics 07: 78-year-old male with depression

Geriatrics 08: 86-year-old female and decisional capacity in the context of elder abuse

Geriatrics 09: 82-year-old female and functional status and home safety

Geriatrics 10: 72-year-old male with weight loss and addressing sexuality in older adults

Geriatrics 11: 75-year-old female with neck pain (osteopathic approach)

Geriatrics 12: 78-year-old female and falls

Geriatrics 13: 75-year-old male and 80-year-old female, prognosis and screening for older adults

Geriatrics 14: 88-year-old female with dementia and feeding issues

Geriatrics 15: 75-year-old male with abdominal pain

Geriatrics 16: 87-year-old male with low back pain

Geriatrics 17: 86-year-old female with nursing home acquired pneumonia

Geriatrics 18: 83-year-old female with urinary tract symptoms

Geriatrics 19: 70-year-old male with urinary concerns

Geriatrics 20: 79-year-old male with severe pain and low health literacy

Geriatrics 21: 70-year-old female with symptomatic end-stage COPD: An Interprofessional Case

Geriatrics 22: 74-year-old male and hazards of hospitalization: geriatric patient safety in the acute care setting

Geriatrics 23: 70-year-old female and hazards of hospitalization: transitions of care and discharge planning for geriatric inpatients

Geriatrics 24: 78-year-old female with pressure injuries

Geriatrics 25: 85-year-old male and restraints

Geriatrics 26: 78-year-old male and cultural humility in geriatric care

Geriatrics 27: Advance care planning

Geriatrics 28: Frailty in three patients

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Aquifer Internal Medicine

Aquifer Internal Medicine
Aquifer Internal Medicine
In collaboration with:
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

The 36 interactive virtual patient cases in Aquifer Internal Medicine deliver on the learning objectives of Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine’s (CDIM) General Internal Medicine Core Medicine clerkship curriculum.

Overview

Aquifer Internal Medicine builds clinical competency and fills educational gaps in internal medicine curricula. The course fosters self-directed and independent study, develops clinical problem-solving skills, and teaches an evidence-based, patient-centered approach to health care.

Now Available: Embedded Curricular Threads

New embedded threads provide consistent teaching on interdisciplinary Clinical Excellence topics throughout Aquifer’s core courses. Select Internal Medicine cases include new content woven into our existing cases to highlight key principles in palliative care, trauma-informed care, social determinants of health, high value care, diagnostic excellence, and foundations of telemedicine. Learn more…

Key Features

  • Created for educators, by educators, to cover the full range of CDIM’s curriculum
  • Available for institutional subscription or for direct purchase by individual subscribers
  • Access to Aquifer Calibrate: Transformative Assessments for Clinical Learning Mastery, our innovative system for formative assessment, available with your 2023-24 subscription
  • Innovative Clinical Decision-Making Exam in the key features format available at no additional cost
  • Proven pedagogy that standardizes experiences—overcoming geography, seasonality, and accessibility
  • Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated content
  • Self-assessment questions emphasize key content and enable students to test their knowledge and skills
  • A wealth of source material, tools, and full references in each case
  • Delivered via the Aqueduct teaching and learning platform, which includes user management options, easy reporting on student progress and course usage, plus tools for creating custom courses to match a specific curriculum

Course Content

Realistic case scenarios demonstrating best practices create an invaluable bridge from content to practice for our students. Aquifer Internal Medicine cases help students to develop the clinical reasoning skills critical to becoming successful practitioners.

Curriculum Integration

Although designed for use by third-year medical students, Aquifer Internal Medicine is an excellent learning tool for many healthcare professionals. Cases can be assigned to supplement clinical experience to ensure students encounter all of the desired cases in internal medicine, removing the chance that they will miss vital clinical experiences.

Clinical Decision-Making Exam

Aquifer Calibrate, an innovative system for formative assessments, is available for Aquifer Internal Medicine. Calibrate combines combines combines the concepts of test-enhanced learning and distributed practice to facilitate efficient study planning and self-directed learning for students, and identifies at-risk students and curricular gaps for faculty. Calibrate is available with your 2023-24 institutional subscription to Internal Medicine.

The Aquifer Internal Medicine Clinical Decision-Making Exam aligns directly with CDIM’s national curriculum and provides a unique way to assess individual students’ clinical decision-making skills. This exam, validated in a  study published in Academic Medicine, focuses on challenging decisions in diagnosis and management to target critical decision points that students will encounter in clinical practice.

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Self-Assessment Questions

After completing each case, students will have the option to apply their new knowledge and skills by completing five single-best-answer vignette-style self-assessment questions. Each question includes clear explanations of the correct and incorrect responses for immediate feedback to students. All self-assessment questions are available to internal medicine subscribers.

Case List

Internal Medicine 01: 49-year-old male with chest pain

Internal Medicine 02: 60-year-old female with chest pain

Internal Medicine 03: Four patients with syncope

Internal Medicine 04: 67-year-old female with shortness of breath and lower-leg swelling

Internal Medicine 05: 55-year-old male with fatigue

Internal Medicine 06: 45-year-old male with hypertension

Internal Medicine 07: 28-year-old female with light-headedness

Internal Medicine 08: 55-year-old male with chronic disease management

Internal Medicine 09: 55-year-old female with upper abdominal pain and vomiting

Internal Medicine 10: 48-year-old female with diarrhea and dizziness

Internal Medicine 11: 45-year-old male with abnormal liver chemistries

Internal Medicine 12: 55-year-old male with lower abdominal pain

Internal Medicine 13: 65-year-old female for annual physical

Internal Medicine 14: 18-year-old female for pre-college physical

Internal Medicine 15: 50-year-old male with cough and nasal congestion

Internal Medicine 16: 45-year-old male who is overweight

Internal Medicine 17: 28-year-old male with a pigmented lesion

Internal Medicine 18: 75-year-old male with memory problems

Internal Medicine 19: 42-year-old female with anemia

Internal Medicine 20: 48-year-old female with HIV

Internal Medicine 21: 78-year-old male with fever, lethargy, and anorexia

Internal Medicine 22: 71-year-old male with cough and fatigue

Internal Medicine 23: 54-year-old female with fatigue

Internal Medicine 24: 52-year-old female with headache, vomiting, and fever

Internal Medicine 25: 75-year-old female with altered mental status

Internal Medicine 26: 58-year-old male with altered mental status and experiencing homelessness

Internal Medicine 27: 65-year-old male with hypercalcemia

Internal Medicine 28: 70-year-old male with shortness of breath and cough

Internal Medicine 29: 55-year-old female with fever and chills

Internal Medicine 30: 55-year-old with leg pain

Internal Medicine 31: 40-year-old male with knee pain

Internal Medicine 32: 39-year-old female with joint pain

Internal Medicine 33: 49-year-old female with confusion

Internal Medicine 34: 55-year-old male with low back pain

Internal Medicine 35: 35-year-old female with three weeks of fever

Internal Medicine 36: 49-year-old male with ascites

From Our Cases

Educator Guide Available

Internal Medicine Educator Guide
Course Overview – Integration Strategies – Case Synopses – Learning Objectives – Features & Resources

The Educators Guide—available to all subscribers—provides a quick reference guide for all cases, resources, and features included with Aquifer Internal Medicine. The Educator Guide is ideal for educators who are getting started using Aquifer, or experienced users who want to be sure they are taking advantage of Aquifer’s extensive resources and tools.

Educator Guides are available in the Educator Resources section of your Aquifer account. Learn more…

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Aquifer Pediatrics

Aquifer Pediatrics
Aquifer Pediatrics
In collaboration with:
The Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP)
The Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP)

The 32 interactive virtual patient cases in Aquifer Pediatrics deliver on the learning objectives of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) clerkship curriculum.

Overview

Aquifer Pediatrics helps students develop clinical reasoning skills critical to becoming successful practitioners. Our virtual cases provide key content correlated to COMSEP’s learning objectives—a proven path to success in developing clinical reasoning skills.

Now Available: Embedded Curricular Threads

New embedded threads provide consistent teaching on interdisciplinary Clinical Excellence topics throughout Aquifer’s core courses. Select Family Medicine cases include new content woven into our existing cases to highlight key principles in palliative care, trauma-informed care, social determinants of health, high value care, diagnostic excellence, and foundations of telemedicine. Learn more…

Key Features

  • Created for educators, by educators, to cover the full range of COMSEP’s curriculum
  • Available for institutional subscription or for direct purchase by individual subscribers
  • Access to Aquifer Calibrate: Transformative Assessments for Clinical Learning Mastery, our innovative system for formative assessment, available with your 2023-24 subscription
  • Proven pedagogy that standardizes experiences—overcoming geography, seasonality, and accessibility
  • Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated content
  • Self-assessment questions emphasize key content and enable students to test their knowledge and skills
  • A wealth of source material, tools, and full references in each case
  • Course-specific student and educator resources, including active learning modules (TBL-style application exercises), interactive table of childhood developmental milestones, and a case analysis tool
  • Delivered via the Aqueduct learning management system, which includes user management options, easy reporting on student progress and course usage, plus tools for creating custom courses to match a specific curriculum

Course Content

With realistic case scenarios that demonstrate best practices, our course builds a bridge from content to practice for our students. Aquifer Pediatrics’ interactive virtual patient cases are based on the COMSEP curriculum. The cases ensure that students are exposed to all the various clinical scenarios, irrespective of location or time of year.

Curriculum Integration

Aquifer Pediatrics can be used by third-year medical students, PA students, and Nurse Practitioner students as a complement to a clerkship or course on pediatrics.

Assessment

Aquifer Calibrate, an innovative system for formative assessments, is available for Aquifer Pediatrics. Calibrate combines the concepts of test-enhanced learning and distributed practice to facilitate efficient study planning and self-directed learning for students and identify at-risk students and curricular gaps for faculty.  Calibrate is available with your 2023-24 institutional subscription to Pediatrics.

Case List

Pediatrics 01: Newborn male infant evaluation and care

Pediatrics 02: Infant female well-child visits (2, 6, and 9 months)

Pediatrics 03: 3-year-old male well-child visit

Pediatrics 04: 8-year-old male well-child check

Pediatrics 05: 16-year-old female health maintenance visit

Pediatrics 06: 16-year-old male preparticipation evaluation

Pediatrics 07: 2-hour-old male newborn with respiratory distress

Pediatrics 08: 6-day-old female with jaundice

Pediatrics 09: 2-week-old female with lethargy

Pediatrics 10: 6-month-old female infant with a fever

Pediatrics 11: 4-year-old male with fever and adenopathy

Pediatrics 12: 10-month-old female with a cough

Pediatrics 13: 6-year-old female with chronic cough

Pediatrics 14: 18-month-old female with congestion

Pediatrics 15: Two siblings: 4-year-old male and 8-week-old male with vomiting

Pediatrics 16: 7-year-old female with abdominal pain and vomiting

Pediatrics 17: 4-year-old female refusing to walk

Pediatrics 18: 6-week-old male with poor feeding

Pediatrics 19: 16-month-old male with first seizure

Pediatrics 20: 7-year-old male with a headache

Pediatrics 21: 6-year-old male with bruising

Pediatrics 22: 16-year-old female with abdominal pain

Pediatrics 23: 15-year-old female with lethargy and fever

Pediatrics 24: 2-year-old female with altered mental status

Pediatrics 25: 2-month-old male with apnea

Pediatrics 26: 9-week-old male not gaining weight

Pediatrics 27: 8-year-old female with abdominal pain

Pediatrics 28: 18-month-old male with developmental delay

Pediatrics 29: Infact male with hypotonia

Pediatrics 30: 2-year-old male with sickle cell disease

Pediatrics 31: 5-year-old female with puffy eyes

Pediatrics 32: A day in pediatric dermatology clinic

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Educator Resources

In addition to the 32 cases included with this course, the Aquifer Educators Consortium has developed Educator Resources to accompany this course, available to all subscribers. Resources include valuable teaching and learning tools to increase student engagement and maximize efficiency for faculty.

To access these tools, sign in to your Aquifer account and visit the Educator Resources section.

Aquifer Pediatrics Educator Guide
Educator Guide Available

Course Overview – Integration Strategies – Educator Resources – Learning Objectives

The Educator Guide—available to all subscribers—provides a quick reference guide for all cases, resources, and features included with Aquifer Pediatrics. The Educator Guide is ideal for educators who are getting started using Aquifer, or experienced users who want to be sure they are taking advantage of Aquifer’s extensive resources and tools. Learn more…

Active Learning Modules, Case Analysis Tool, & More

Active Learning Modules

These team-based learning exercises have been thoughtfully prepared with the aim of minimizing teacher preparation time and maximizing learner achievement. Learn more about the Pediatrics Active Learning Modules.

  • Fever Module
  • Immunizations Module
  • Patient Safety Module
  • Child Development Module
Case Analysis Tool

The toolkit contains a structured worksheet completed by the students as they work through the virtual patient case, designed to enhance the development of clinical reasoning skills. Each step mirrors the process through which clinicians gather and process information about a patient, leading up to the development of an initial evaluation and treatment plan. Answer keys are included for most cases. Learn more about the Case Analysis Tool.

Questions for Further Consideration

A series of questions available to promote further discussion of some of the important points in each case. These can be used to emphasize areas such as basic science, clinical reasoning, management, public health, and communications. The questions are formatted on an excel sheet to allow for easy sorting by case or topic

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Aquifer Radiology

Aquifer Radiology
Aquifer Radiology
In collaboration with:
Association of University Radiologists & Alliance of Medical Student Educators in Radiology

The 21 interactive virtual patient cases in Aquifer Radiology deliver on the learning objectives of the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) and the Alliance of Medical Student Educators in Radiology (AMSER) medical student curriculum.

Overview

Aquifer Radiology’s virtual patient cases are realistic case scenarios that demonstrate best practices—helping students develop clinical reasoning skills that bridge the gap from classroom to practice. In an era of the increasing importance of evidence-based decision-making and reliance on imaging, an understanding of the principles and applications of radiology is vital for today’s healthcare professionals. The National Board of Medical Examiners has recognized this by increasing the imaging component of all United States Medical Licensing Examination exams.

Now Available: Embedded Curricular Threads

New embedded threads provide consistent teaching on interdisciplinary Clinical Excellence topics throughout Aquifer’s core courses. Select Radiology cases include new content woven into our existing cases to highlight key principles in palliative care, trauma-informed care, social determinants of health, high value care, diagnostic excellence, and foundations of telemedicine. Learn more…

Course Details

Key Features

  • Created for educators, by educators, utilizing the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness criteria
  • Available for institutional subscription or for direct purchase by individual subscribers
  • Access to Aquifer Calibrate: Transformative Assessments for Clinical Learning Mastery, our innovative system for formative assessment, available with your 2023-24 subscription
  • Proven pedagogy that standardizes experiences—overcoming geography, seasonality, and accessibility
  • Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated content
  • Self-assessment questions emphasize key content and enable students to test their knowledge and skills
  • A wealth of source material, tools, and full references in each case
  • Educator resources, including complete flipped classroom PowerPoint workshops for each case—with speaker notes
  • Delivered via the Aqueduct teaching and learning platform, which includes user management options, easy reporting on student progress and course usage, plus tools for creating custom courses to match a specific curriculum

Course Content

Aquifer Radiology cases teach a patient-centered approach to imaging, foster self-directed and independent study, and build clinical problem-solving skills. The realistic case scenarios teach evidence-based decision making and include excellent interactive radiology resources.

Curriculum Integration

These cases can be used as a stand-alone radiology course during a radiology clerkship or elective or incorporated into the appropriate clinical clerkships as part of a custom course created in Aqueduct. For example, the women’s imaging cases can be incorporated into an Ob-Gyn clerkship, thus teaching imaging at an applicable time.

Assessment

Aquifer Calibrate, an innovative system for formative assessments, is available with your 2023-24 Aquifer Radiology institutional subscription. Calibrate combines the concepts of test-enhanced learning and distributed practice to facilitate efficient study planning and self-directed learning for students, and identify at-risk students and curricular gaps for faculty.

Case List

Radiology 01: 23-year-old male: Chest – Infection

Radiology 02: 51-year-old male: Chest – Masses

Radiology 03: 65-year-old male: Chest – Trauma

Radiology 04: 65-year-old female: Chest – Vascular and COPD

Radiology 05: 25-year-old male: GI – Colon and small bowel

Radiology 06: 42-year-old female: GI – Hepatobiliary and pancreas

Radiology 07: 40-year-old female: Renal/GU

Radiology 08: 18-year-old female & 19-year-old male: GI – Trauma

Radiology 09: 34-year-old male: Neuro – Trauma

Radiology 10: 40-year-old male: Neuro – Vascular and HIV

Radiology 11: 8-week old male – Pediatrics A

Radiology 12: 2-month old female – Pediatrics B

Radiology 13: 59-year-old female: MSK – Arthritis, osteomyelitis

Radiology 14: 28-year-old female—Pregnancy and infertility

Radiology 15: 43-year-old female – Malignancy and screening

Radiology 16: Musculoskeletal trauma

Radiology 17: 65-year-old male: Cardiac and Cardiovascular

Radiology 18: Professionalism in Radiology

Radiology 19: 53-year-old female: Oncology

Radiology 20: Interventional Radiology – Vascular

Radiology 21: Interventional Radiology – Nonvascular

From Our Cases

Flipped Classroom Workshops

Complete Aquifer Radiology Flipped Classroom Workshops are available for 18 cases—ready to use in your classroom. Each workshop, designed to be completed in a 60-90 minute session, includes a slide deck with images and annotations, speaker notes, and a facilitator guide.

User Stories

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