The International Virtual Medical School - IVIMEDS - is a worldwide partnership of leading edge medical schools and institutions, setting new standards in medical education and blending high quality e-learning and face-to-face learning in the training of health care professionals.
The IVIMEDS Principles
- The use of world class learning materials accessed and shared among leading international medical schools and institutions.
- Flexibility in choice of content and learning strategies and the ability to customise content to meet specific needs of teachers, doctors and students wherever they are located.
- Technical interoperability and standards maximising the scope for international collaboration and flexibility of delivery methods
Learning Object of the Month: The Cardiac Cycle
Animated interactive diagram with narrative text explaining the mechanical and electrical events occurring during the different phases of the cardiac cycle, with links to phonocardiograms for the four heart sounds.
