Computer aided design in medical domain: a new viewpoint towards computer aided education

This research focuses on the development and usage of computer aided learning (CAL) systems in medical domain. It argues that the development and usage processes should be considered as one holistic process, namely process of development and use. A software system is required which is able to facilitate the whole development and use process. This paper proposes model of the development and use process for the medical domain and subsequently specifies a computer aided design environment for creation of interactive simulation models of human body organs. The research and implementation discussed in this paper are performed in frame of the InterSim project (Kinshuk et al. 1998) which aims to develop learning support systems for medical education with major focus on simulations.