Medical schools and the cloud
Cloud-based applications are currently being utilized in medical school training in universities.
Below are some examples of medical school practices and the cloud:
University of British Columbia (UBC)
UBC’s e-Health Research Office allows medical students to participate in cloud-based learning. The e-Health office provides students with opportunities to explore telehealth (remote communities having virtual access to a doctor) and electronic medical records interfaces (Wellborn, 2014).
Stanford University
Stanford takes the necessary precautions to educate their medical students on cloud computing. They discuss the security issues, regulations, cloud security practices, and provide their students with a list of university-approved applications for prohibited, restricted and confidential information. Such cloud-based applications include: Stanford’s CrashPlan, MedSecureSend (MSS), and Stanford Box Account.
University of Pittsburgh, Michigan and North Carolina
Dental schools are also participating in cloud education. The University of Pittsburgh, Michigan and North Carolina have partnered up to examine an electronic health record that utilizes cloud technology, and models of cloud computing such as Software as a Service (Saas) (Luz, 2013). Furthermore, instructors at these universities utilize cloud-based applications such as Dropbox and Google Drive to share resources with their students (Luz, 2013). The instructors believe that cloud environments allow their students to collaborate with their peers, preparing students for the collaborative professional environment they will later be a part of (Luz, 2013).
Below are some examples of medical school practices and the cloud:
University of British Columbia (UBC)
UBC’s e-Health Research Office allows medical students to participate in cloud-based learning. The e-Health office provides students with opportunities to explore telehealth (remote communities having virtual access to a doctor) and electronic medical records interfaces (Wellborn, 2014).
Stanford University
Stanford takes the necessary precautions to educate their medical students on cloud computing. They discuss the security issues, regulations, cloud security practices, and provide their students with a list of university-approved applications for prohibited, restricted and confidential information. Such cloud-based applications include: Stanford’s CrashPlan, MedSecureSend (MSS), and Stanford Box Account.
University of Pittsburgh, Michigan and North Carolina
Dental schools are also participating in cloud education. The University of Pittsburgh, Michigan and North Carolina have partnered up to examine an electronic health record that utilizes cloud technology, and models of cloud computing such as Software as a Service (Saas) (Luz, 2013). Furthermore, instructors at these universities utilize cloud-based applications such as Dropbox and Google Drive to share resources with their students (Luz, 2013). The instructors believe that cloud environments allow their students to collaborate with their peers, preparing students for the collaborative professional environment they will later be a part of (Luz, 2013).