Breathe with Ease
Breathe with Ease is a fully integrated self-directed learning program that discusses and illustrates the clinical and pathopsychological principles of asthma.
It presents a number of case studies, through which the student examines:
- causes and risk factors for asthma in children and adults
- patterns and severity of asthma cases
- environmental, psychosocial and epidemiological characteristics of asthma
- early identification and diagnosis of asthma
- development of asthma management plans
- effective use of medication delivery devices.
Curriculum Usage
Breathe with Ease is currently used in semesters 3 and 8 of the medical curriculum.
Project Screen Grabs
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Breathe with Ease title screen. |
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A screen outlining the various triggers for asthma. |
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Case studies include simulated data from diagnostic tests. |
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A screen giving background information relating to one of the case studies. |
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A screen explaining possible diagnoses for one of the case studies. |
Credits
Developed by the Biomedical Multimedia Unit in association with the Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne.