For students not complying with this requirement, no assurances can be made about providing support for the use of other computers or cards. We look forward to working with you to take advantage of the many possibilities that computer technology offers for medical education and medical care. The laptop computers are used in many ways to facilitate our students' medical education. In the current school year, first and second year students use their laptops to access the Electronic Syllabus, the School of Medicine's online syllabus offerings. In addition to accessing the syllabi online, students can view and download PowerPoint presentations, slides shows, video and audio files from recent classes.
Some courses even use laptops to display images for students to identify as part of their exams.
Many courses link directly to LAN and online software such as Netter's Atlas of Anatomy, and Clinical Pharmacology. Third and forth year students doing clerkships at hospitals across the state can see course information and expectations posted on the UNC SOM site. More and more clerkships are using the web to ensure all of our students have similar learning encounters. Of course our students communicate with each other via email, but they also have spirited discussions on our discussion forums. Students also discuss issues, concerns, and questions with faculty members in the course-specific forums.