- Top Doc App Offers Interactive Medical Quizzes, Real World Applications
Elsevier, a world leader in health care, medical publishing and onlinesolutions, and video game developer and publisher Legacy Interactive(R),announced today the release of Top Doc, an iPhone app that features medicalcontent and quizzes designed to let medical students, residents and juniorfaculty practice and improve their visual diagnosis skills. Elsevier andLegacy Interactive(R) developed the app's interactive format to engage andchallenge users with multiple elements.
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"Top Doc was built upon a foundation of providing challenging, real-worldquestions illustrated by high quality medical images," said Amber Tully,M.D., Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Jefferson Medical College,Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and the product's co-author. "With thisplatform, users are able to experience and react to realistic patientencounters that require quick, concise clinical responses."
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"We want users to feel as though they are facing and dealing withrelevant scenarios within a virtual medical clinic," added James Studdiford,M.D., FACP, Associate Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine,Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, and the product'slead author.
Top Doc combines in-depth content with quizzes composed of more than 600questions and answers developed for levels ranging from novice to expert.Users play against a timer as they try to determine the correct diagnosis byviewing actual photographs depicting a condition or abnormality on the body.At the conclusion of each round, players' performances are evaluated andgiven a grade which they can automatically post to their Facebook account.For players preferring to study the material in a non-competitive manner, TopDoc's review mode provides the information in a flashcard format.
"As medicine continues to move into the digital space, products like TopDoc will be excellent resources for medical education," said Randy Charles,Managing Director, Global Clinical Reference for Elsevier. "By offering theprogram as an iPhone app, Top Doc provides mobile access to medical studentsand practitioners who value on-the-go learning opportunities and high qualitytechnology capabilities."
Top Doc is now available for purchase in the iTunes App store, andretails for $14.99. Go to http://www.topdocgame.com for more information andan online demo.
"What an effective and enjoyable way to test, refresh, and increase myknowledge!" said reviewer Navdeep Chehl, a fourth-year medical student atJefferson Medical College. "The program provides clear, vivid images and avery user-friendly format. The review mode is a useful feature, as well."
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical andmedical information products and services. The company works in partnershipwith the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com) and Cell(http://www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including majorreference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions includeScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com),Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com) andNursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance theproductivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite(http://www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com),which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes morecost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is partof Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leadingpublisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed ElsevierPLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
About Legacy Interactive(R)
Legacy Interactive(R) is a seasoned developer of innovative simulationsand games on all major interactive platforms. Entertaining and educatingcustomers since 1998, the company has built a reputation for developingintelligent, realistic and high quality games for a broad audience. Locatedin Los Angeles, Legacy has introduced entirely new interactive genres such asTV drama games and medical and vet simulations, and in the process createdbest-selling games such as Law & Order, Pet Pals: Animal Doctor and EmergencyRoom. Legacy's games and simulations are distributed worldwide, online andretail, in more than 15 languages and on its game portal,http://www.legacygames.com.Media Contact Legacy Interactive(R) Media Contact: Lisa Haasbroek +1-(213)-895-7600 [email protected]
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