Establishment of Medical Genetics Education System

Abstract

 The visual resources available for education and research of medical genetics are not yet enough. In addition, little information on basic knowledge of medical genetics can be acquired from the internet. We therefore, developed a new world wide web site explaining chromosomal aberrations, human genetics and gene therapy written both in Japanese and in English. It includes many pictures and some animation. All graphical resources were originally made to avoid any possible infringement of copyright. The Japanese web site was linked to other web sites of genetic diseases. After releasing our web site, we received approximately 200 requests to use the resources for lectures or genetic counseling.

 Using those resources, we also made multimedia files for lectures on human genetics. The files are not only presented in lectures for medical students but also shared on the internal server in our university. By accessing the server, students are able to obtain transcripts of the lectures at will.

 URL: http://www.tokyo-med.ac.jp/genet/index-e.htm/