What is Design A Case?

Design A Case is an easy-to-use online application for creating and using case studies to educate health care professionals. In addition to allowing educators to quickly create their own online cases, Design A Case includes an extensive starter library of cases covering a wide array of common primary care problems.

Design A Case offers three major functions: Administration, Case Creation, and Student Assignments.

Design A Case, and its library of interactive web-based cases, is the recipient of the 2006 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Innovative Program award and the 2005 Innovation in Medical Education award at the University of Texas System’s Innovations in Medical Education Annual Conference.

Review the Case Library

Design A Case’s starter library includes cases designed for use in primary care training. The cases are asynchronous, problem-based case studies designed to give students the context-based experience widely used in clinical education. More...

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We have three quick ways for you to try out Design A Case now:

Preview our sample case
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Request a free trial account and see how easy it is to build your own case

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Design A Case now offers libraries in the core disciplines in medicine with over 120 cases. Sign up today to begin using the clerkship libraries in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB/Gyn, Psychiatry and Surgery.

Spotlight

The Design A Case Family Medicine library includes 6 Virtual Families. Each Virtual Family contains 6-8 patient cases and an overview case that introduces the tenets of family-centered care.
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