Multimedia Support to Effective Current in Communications Between Physicians and Patients

Abstract

Multimedia is the combination of visual and audio presentations. These presentations could include elements of text, graphic art, sound, animation, and video. Due to multimedia technologies, the medical information has taken an extraordinary growing.We present a multimedia support to overview of respiration system and to introduce in pulmonary function testing. Multimedia support to communication currents was designed and edited by university teachers, pedagogues and image and computer experts. The presentation stands out with progressive access to the topics through internal links. Stand alone CD with multimedia is an interactive useful software program for medical education and virtual overwiev of human respiratory system testing. During the time that the patients spend waiting in front of the laboratory door they will be able to participate in our interactive multimedia support (IMS) and learn about the procedures awaiting them in laboratory. Evaluation analysis considering clinical applicability of presented concept shows much better flow of information from physicians’ office till the end of lung function testing procedure. Key words: multimedia, lung function, education, communication, health care