The Institute for Innovative Technology In Medical Education’s proven system for virtual patient case development, integration, and distribution is entitled the iInTIME Learning System (ILS). Virtual patient cases developed with the ILS model provide medical students and clerkship directors access to peer-reviewed learning materials providing a solid foundation in medical knowledge appropriate to the level of the third-year student.

With the guidance from iInTIME – founder and creator of the ILS – virtual patient cases are developed. The components of the cases are:

• Comprehensive coverage of curriculum-based content and learning objectives
  
• Multi-institutional collaborative authoring and peer-review
  
• Common case blueprint
  
• Key Teaching Points
  

During the development, medical educators collaborate to build effective cases:

• Cases built on your curriculum
  
• Development teams and editorial board composed of and led by your members
  
• Authors trained at your national meetings
  
• Cases are peer-reviewed by your colleagues
  
• Faculty development and instructor resources developed by you
  

Instructors’ Support

• Log data documenting case completion by students
  
• Case descriptions
  
• Auxiliary teaching material
  
• Exam
  

iInTIME Infrastructure and Support
Provided by iInTIME

• iInTIME Learning System authoring software and pedagogy
  
• Training and support for development teams and editorial board
  
• Staff to upload content into software system
  
• Extensive case evaluation process
  
• Successful and effective integration methods
  
• Ongoing support of Web site, software and case infrastructure
  
• Institutional access to student log data
  

• Elegant linear case structure does not allow students to skip ahead
  
• Flexible case format does not constrain case flow
  
• Student sessions are stored for later completion or review
  
• Students create a diagnostic differential, then see the expert’s differential with explanations
  
• Clipboard navigation tool builds itself as the student progresses through the case
  
• The iInTIME Learing System software, CASUS, is a licensed product of Instruct AG, Munich.