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SMARTDRAW IN THE MEDICAL FIELD:
Creating Coursework Materials with
SmartDraw’s Medical Symbol Collection
CLIENT PROFILE: Name: Virginia Lee Rogers
Title: Medical Technologist, Instructor
Organization: St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Application: Teaching college seniors urology, hematology and phlebotomy
In Search of a “PowerPoint® is a good program, “I started looking for a program
but I couldn’t get all the graphics I with good clip art, but all of the
Remedy needed,” said Ms. Rogers. “To collections were limited, and so
Virginia Rogers, a medical make a red blood cell, I would expensive,” said Ms. Rogers. “I
technologist and instructor at St. start with a graphic of a balloon. found one from the U.K. but it
Elizabeth’s Hospital, was looking Needless to say, it didn’t look very was $500. I didn’t have that
for good clip art for her classes. realistic!” kind of money to spend.”
She was teaching college seniors
the basics of urology, hematology,
and phlebotomy, and she needed a “I was looking for good
way to draw diagrams quickly and clip art for my classes,
easily. The students were
completing nine-month internships but everything was so
at the hospital, and expected a limited and expensive.
professional level of teaching. Then I found SmartDraw.
“I’m always trying to stay one step I couldn’t believe all the
ahead of my students,” said Ms. images it had for the
Rogers. “I’ve found that passing medical community! The
out handouts can be very helpful,
but I like to show them things, results are fantastic.”
instead of just passing out text.
They say a picture is worth a -Virginia Lee Rogers,
thousands words, and it’s true— Medical Technologist/Instructor,
especially in teaching!” St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Ms. Rogers was completing some of
her coursework in other programs, Ms. Rogers needed to draw
but they didn’t give her access to everything from anemia and bodily
all the medical symbols she was fluid charts to a diagram of veins
looking for. She often turned to and arteries in the arm. It got to
Microsoft PowerPoint® to make her the point when using other
handouts. programs was just too difficult. (continued on back)
The Prognosis looking for, and drag it into their
diagram in a matter of seconds.
The program has helped her be
more selective with her
Ms. Rogers found SmartDraw
All it takes is a couple of clicks. handouts, so her students don’t
online, and quickly examined its
get too bogged down with
collection of symbols.
Online tutorials also help users paperwork.
through more complex tasks,
“As soon as I saw what SmartDraw
eliminating the need for extensive “A picture can be so much more
had to offer, I got really excited,”
study of the program. descriptive than pages of text,”
said Ms. Rogers. “The graphics
said Ms. Rogers. “It keeps my
were so nice…and there were just
“I knew that this product would students from getting
so many of them.”
help me get my work done really overwhelmed.”
quickly—with professional-looking
results,” said Ms. Rogers. SmartDraw’s expanded selection
of medical symbols, ease-of-use,
and professional-looking results
The Right Medicine are a welcome addition to her
Ms. Rogers has made SmartDraw an teaching process. According to
integral part of her teaching Ms. Rogers, SmartDraw helps her
process. She now creates much of get the job done faster and
her coursework presentations, better than ever before.
handouts and workbooks using
medical clip art from the program. “I am so happy with the results,”
said Ms. Rogers. “It’s such a
“I’m using the software a few great program. I’m so glad I
times a week to create various found it!”
visual aids for the students,” said
Ms. Rogers. “Having access to so
many great symbols makes it
easy.”
SmartDraw’s searchable library has
thousands of symbols and
templates. Included are numerous
images in the Medical & Anatomy
section, including graphics for
emergency, nursing, and
pediatrics. The anatomy section
features more than 30 subsets,
including cardiac, hematology, and
circulatory system—the very things
Ms. Rogers was looking for.
Graphics of red blood cells,
anemia, and veins were suddenly
at her fingertips, allowing her to
quickly insert them into her
diagrams.
“I couldn’t believe the breadth and
quality of all of the clip art,” said
Ms. Rogers. “I was so surprised,
and kept finding new images. I was
like, wow—they have this too?”
SmartDraw’s intuitive “drag and
drop” mechanism allows users to
quickly select the graphic they are
