Open Osmosis (2015) is an initiative committed to developing and disseminating health education resources with the ultimate aim of making healthcare more accessible. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we have curated thousands of open educational resources (OER), including images, videos, and practice questions within a dozen clinician domains. These include anesthesiology, emergency medicine, neurology, dermatology, radiology, psychiatry, learning analytics, obstretics & gynocology, spine & musculosketal medicine, osteopathic principles, pediatrics, opthalmology, and surgery. These were produced and curated by more than 150 medical students, residents, and clinicians from around the world. Open Osmosis's content is under a Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0 International license.
Type of Material:
Learning Object Repository
Open educational resource (OER) offering medical images, video presentation on diseases, and practice questions
Recommended Uses:
• Supplemental resources in healthcare courses
• Mobile access at anytime, anywhere for review or learning of medical topics
Technical Requirements:
Chrome & Firefox Browsers Used without any issues; Open Osmosis supports Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari
Web-base access available via iphone or android
Connected to social media: Facebook and Twitter
Identify Major Learning Goals:
• Improve access to health education resources
• Provide efficient and effective learning through succinct, short yet comprehensive and engaging education on medical topics
Target Student Population:
• Primarily medical students
• Beginning to middle level nursing students in a medical-surgical course
• Middle to advance level health sciences course
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
• Basic knowledge and skill in internet search
• Medical terminology knowledge
• Pathophysiology knowledge
Basic computer navigational skills and need
Content Quality
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Strengths:
A very large repository of supplemental learning materials. Easy open access that is user-friendly and intuitive; large collection of images, videos, and practice questions covering all domains of medical care; evidence-based through peer review; support of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; creative commons licensure allows for accessible use
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Strong identified purpose; conceptual learning address through visual, written and auditory presentation; practice questions allow for assessment of student learning and organized within individual domains
Concerns:
No clear listing of videos or how to access the repository
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Appealing home page which allows easy access to the materials; interface design appealing; videos are on youtube allowing for adjustment of volume, closed captioning, starting and stopping; images and print is large, including practice questions
Creative Commons:
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