The Academic Operations departments (Assessment, Curriculum, and Education Technology) have adopted a standardized naming format for E.Flo MD events and learning materials.
This Naming Convention for E.Flo MD establishes guidelines for naming events and learning materials. Consistent naming reduces the cognitive load and allows students, faculty, and staff to organize and easily process the content.
Learning Materials
When it comes to Learning Materials, consistency is key. When presentations, pre-class, and post-class resources are labeled the same and look cohesive to students, it allows them to trust and absorb the content.
Standard PowerPoint Presentation released before or during the session and contain all PowerPoint slides for the session.
Naming Convention
- (Session name)(Dash, no spaces)-Presentation Slides
Example: Histology Guide Extrapulmonary Respiratory-Presentation Slides
Pre-class PowerPoint presentations include those with missing slides released before the start of the session.
Naming Convention
- (Session name)(Dash, no spaces)-Preclass Slides
Example: Histology Guide Extrapulmonary Respiratory-Preclass Slides
Post-class PowerPoint presentation that includes all slides from “Pre-Class Presentation Slides” along with additional slides presented during the session. Typically, these slides will be time released to become available to students at the end of the session.
Naming Convention
- (Session name)(Dash, no spaces)-Postclass Slides
Example: Histology Guide Extrapulmonary Respiratory-Postclass Slides
Word documents should never be posted on E.Flo MD!
Please convert Word document learning materials into a PDF before posting them on E.Flo MD, and use the naming convention for PowerPoint and PDF presentations.
Naming Convention
- (Presentation, preclass, or postclass) PDF(Dash, no spaces)-(# pages)
Example: Postclass PDF-5 Pages
Session guides are a great way to help students study.
Naming Convention
- Session Guide
Example: Session Guide
For questions about presentation templates for your learning materials (that include style guides), please contact Ed Tech.
Links
Before posting on E.Flo MD, use Incognito Mode (or a private browsing window) to test your Open Athens links. This removes your sign-in, so you can test what it looks like for someone clicking the link without being signed into a WSU account.
Before posting to E.Flo MD, generate an OpenAthens link for books and articles from the library. If you are unsure how to do this, please contact a librarian.
For required library books, E.Flo MD requires a required time. Please add how long you think it will take to read this resource.
Naming Convention
- (Textbook Name)(Dash, no spaces)-(Chapter #)(Dash, no spaces)-(pages)
Examples:
- Medical Microbiology 9th ed-Chapter 1-pp 34–64
- OR if you would like students to read multiple chapters, use this format:
- Medical Microbiology 9th ed
- Place the chapters in the comment section instead of the title.
Converted Link Example:
https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/browse/book/3-s2.0-C20180000924
to this link using Open Athens:
Many faculty create learning materials in Rise Modules or work with Digital Publishing to create webpages. If you are using one of these types of links, use the following naming convention on E.Flo MD.
Naming convention
- (Website Name)(Dash, no spaces)-(Page Name)
Examples:
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- MD Learning: MDLearning-DNA
- Rise Guide: Rise Guide-Population Health
If you are linking to a regular website, use this naming convention:
- (Website or article name)
Example:
- The Stanford Guide to Antimicrobials
Videos
Naming Convention for website videos:
(Video location)(Dash, no spaces)-(Name of video)(Dash, no spaces)-(~length of video in parentheses)(Dash, no spaces)-Link (add your hyperlink to the word “Link”)
- Example: Osmosis-Mitosis and Meiosis (~4 mins)
- Example: YouTube-RWJF: EBV Fever (~4 mins)
Exception: If the video is on the MD Learning website, please follow that naming convention.
Naming Convention
(Pre-class or Asynchronous Session Recording)(Colon, no spaces): (Session name)(~Length of video)
Pre-class Recording Example:
- Pre-class Recording: Cell Motility: The Cytoskeleton and Molecular Motors (~15 min)
Asynchronous Session Recording Example:
- Asynchronous Session Recording: Pituitary Overproduction (~50 min)
Style Guide
This style guide helps faculty and staff keep E.Flo MD events and learning materials clear and consistent.
Avoid Acronyms
Please try to avoid the use of acronyms! If required, always write out the full text followed by the acronym; in parentheses.
Examples:
- Overview of CHF
- Overview of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Diagnosis of CNS Infections
- Diagnosis of Central Nervous System (CNS) Infections
Note: Use the acronym for the short name, if it is commonly known and used acronyms only. (See Long Session Names, right ).
Long Session Names
When the session name is too long, a shorter version can be used. Note: Use the full session title for the session learning materials.
Examples:
In the first example, there are 4 abnormal red blood cell physiology sessions, so we can shorten the titles into parts (this example is session 1 in the series).
- Full Name: Abnormal Red Blood Cell Physiology – Normocytic Anemia, Hemoglobinopathy, and Sickle Cell Disease
- Short Name: Abnormal Red Blood Cell Physiology I
- Short Name: Abnormal Red Blood Cell Physiology I
- Full Name: Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat (HEENT) and Neck Examination
- Short Name: HEENT and Neck Examination
- Short Name: HEENT and Neck Examination
Exceptions
The Case-Based Learning titles will have the name of the patient and the number of the session (1, 2, or 3), separated by a dash without spaces (-). Note: This allows for different objectives for each session in a case, if needed.
Naming Convention
(Patient name)-(Session number)
Example:
- Adonis Garcia-1
- Adonis Garcia-2
- Adonis Garcia-3
Use roman numerals (I, II, or III) to distinguish between Sessions that are part of a series. Note: Objectives can be the same or different between each session.
Examples:
- Disorders of the Stomach I
- Disorders of the Stomach II
Clinical skills workshops from the Art and Practice of Medicine use the following:
Naming Convention
(Title)(dash, no spaces)-(CSW Course Code)(dash, no spaces)-(# The number will be in consecutive order throughout the pre-clerkship phase, independent of the curricular week)
Example:
- Medical History Taking-CSW 501-1
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