Overview
Review and access common medical education sites and applications used at UMMS.
Frequent Resources
Office of Medical Student Education SharePoint↗: A website with information and resources just for medical students.
Michigan Medicine Computing Essentials↗: Get started with technology resources, including Duo, Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Zoom, and more.
Michigan Medicine Help Center: Find answers to common technology questions, access self-service tools, get help from our chat agents, or request products and services.
Course Resources
Aquifer↗: Formerly known as MedU, utilized by some Medical School clerkships for case-based learning scenarios.
DropBox↗: A cloud file storage option that provides automatic backup and is readily accessible from any device. It is tightly connected with Canvas.
Canvas↗: The university's learning management system. See your class schedule/calendar, resources for class, and announcements.
iClicker↗: An audience response app on your phone to participate in lectures.
MiVideo↗: The media platform to review medical school course lectures and other recordings.
SimIQ↗: Software to review recordings of medical student’s standardized patient videos in the Doctoring course.
Camtasia↗: Software to create engaging lecture recordings.
Exams and Quizzes
Canvas↗: Used by some courses for quizzes.
ExamSoft↗: Used for biweekly quizzes/exams for medical students.
National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)↗: Some medical students examinations use the NBME Secure Browser instead of ExamSoft. This will be communicated to users by the Office of Evaluation and Assessment as needed.
Grades and Student Records
ARB Suite↗: Houses a variety of records, including grades, schedule, and assessments outcomes for medical students. Also, functionality relating to completing assessments and individual development plans.
- Assessments: Request assessments for certain courses/clerkships and track completion
- Individualized Development Plan: Track goals for review with a coach, branch advisor and folks in similar roles, and keep meeting notes/agendas for meetings with them
- Learning Outcomes: View competency assessments, feedback and grades, as well as views of cumulative competency tracking
- SP Encounters: Complete assignments related to the Standardized Patient exercises, part of the Doctoring and CCA courses
- Student Records: View schedules, small group assignments and more
Course and Faculty Evaluations
Explorance Blue↗: Used for you to evaluate your courses and faculty.
Administrative
Branches website↗: Collates all information around the medical school's Branches curriculum.
Oasis↗: Used by medical students to create your schedule for your core clerkships and Branches experiences.
Schedulon↗: Used to reserve study rooms in the medical school. If you don't already have access, you can request it by clicking the Account Request/Update Link on the left hand side.
SurveyMonkey Apply↗: A tool used to complete applications, like financial aid or your eventual Capstone for Impact project. Forms will be shared as they are needed.
Clinical Applications
See Michigan Medicine Computing Essentials↗ for information on connecting to MiChart, Haiku/Canto, and the clinical reference apps.
Additional Software Resources
Explore available software options and learn how to request new titles or provide feedback to improve offerings.
U-M Software Directory
Visit the U-M Software Directory↗ website for information on software available broadly at U-M, Michigan Medicine, and other campuses.
Filter by specific campuses (e.g., Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor), tags, cost, or roles (staff, student, faculty).
Requesting New Software
If you need software not currently available, follow these steps:
- Submit a New Idea: Share your request or upvote an existing idea in the HITS Ideas Portal.
- Check Software Status: Unsure if the software is available at Michigan Medicine? Submit an Academic Applications Consult to discuss options with our team.
- Provide Feedback: Your suggestions help us improve and expand our software offerings.