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Distributed Medical Training for Force Mobilization and Disaster Response

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Office of the Secretary of Defense 		Award ID:
71898 		Program Year/Program:
2005 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
O032-3072 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Sonalysts, Inc.
215 Parkway North P.O. Box 280 Waterford, CT -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2005
Title: Distributed Medical Training for Force Mobilization and Disaster Response
Agency / Branch: DOD / OSD
Contract: N00014-05-C-0334
Award Amount: $600,000.00
 

Abstract:

Training is critically needed to prepare physicians and corpsmen of various specialties to perform trauma care when mobilized on military missions or operations. The goal of Sonalysts and the University of Maryland Medical Center is to develop a scenario-driven, real-time, simulation-based Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) examination training system to close the gap between prior experience and likely demands on physicians' and corpsmen's skills. This training system integrates ultrasound simulations with medical case-based, virtual patient electronic tutoring software. We conducted a task analysis of FAST medical diagnosis and designed a training system that incorporates the latest in instructional methods. We intend to foster apprenticeship learning through a learn-by-doing approach, with training scenarios presented in a narrative format to provide engaging and authentic context. An online coach will provide analogical comparisons, automatically generated hints, and immediate remedial feedback. Identifiable features on the ultrasound images will contain active links, and normal and abnormal patient ultrasounds will be viewable for comparison. Students will be able to select virtual patient views from any of the predetermined FAST viewpoints and compare computer-generated critiques with their self-critiques.

Principal Investigator:

Margaret Bailey
Principal Investigator
8603263621
bailey_m@sonalysts.com

Business Contact:

Olive Alonge
Contracting Officer
8603263842
oalonge@sonalysts.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

SONALYSTS, INC.
215 Parkway North, P.O. Box 280 Waterford, CT 06385

EIN/Tax ID: 060902362
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No