Desenvolvimento da Plataforma NeuroRad, para arquivamento de casos clínicos de neurorradiologia voltados ao ensino e aprendizagem a distância

Abstract

The present work aims to develop a network-based platform for archiving and sharing radiographic images on clinical cases of neurological pathologies, which attest the epidemiology in our region. These clinical cases are reported by the radiology residents and are debated in regular weekly meetings in the neuroradiology department of the imaging diagnosis unit at Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes- HUOL/UFRN. Therefore, the platform is focused on distance learning and research. The tool, named NeuroRad, has been developed in partnership with a team of developers in the research and innovation laboratory in health at UFRN (LAIS-UFRN) supported by a professional in education. The network-based platform enables medical students, residents, HUOL preceptors (radiology, neurology, neurosurgery, pediatric, infectology), attendings and healthcare practitioners interested in the subject to access the internet as a source of information and learning. The clinical cases in neuroimaging, reported during the last few years, have been uploaded to the NeuroRad platform and new clinical cases should be uploaded weekly by radiology residents under the supervision of the researcher. Besides that, residents and specialists from other Hospitals or educational institutions may register as a collaborating user to submit their neuroimaging cases. Then, they should be ratified by the administrator and published under the author’s name. It is expected that the use of NeuroRad tool: a) could ensure continuity of clinical case compilations in neuroimaging by collaborators at HUOL and in the State (Rio Grande do Norte); b) residents’ participation in the publication of works would improve their learning and develop their skills of interpreting neuroradiological images; and c) the free access to the NeuroRad platform could be a deeply significant source to NeuroRad users regarding online learning.