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LUMEN (Loyola University Medical Education Network)

Students can take full advantage of computer technology through the Loyola University Medical Education Network (LUMEN). This local network, designed by faculty members, is an outgrowth of our commitment to helping students become active learners through technology.

LUMEN enhances the educational experience and helps students become adept at locating information on the Internet, a valuable skill in medical practice. Students can find volumes of resources on the network, including interactive lessons and tutorials, video dissections, class handouts, and hundreds of histology slides and radiologic images.

LUMEN also offers immediate access to the health science library and Web sites affiliated with other academic medical centers, research projects, and medical libraries.

The material within LUMEN is text and multimedia oriented. Stritch students benefit from LUMEN’s intuitive design, which is enhanced by images, icons, sound, and video. Faculty regularly add material to the network and students may contribute their own work under faculty supervision. Some course faculty use Web forums so that they can chat with students who have questions.

Students are required to use LUMEN for some course work and are always welcome to explore on their own. High-speed linkups to LUMEN are available on computers located throughout the school that allow students free, immediate access to the network. Stritch will soon offer computer/PDA connections. Students also may reach LUMEN through the Internet.

The Stritch School of Medicine offers classes on the acquisition of medical informatics skills, which facilitates students’ development as life-long learners, clinicians, educators, and researchers through the use of computer technology.

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