ABSTRACT
Tox-Didact is a multimedia teaching software package for initial training, continuing training and self-learning of toxicology and pharmacology. This software covers a large part of toxicology in its acute and chronic pathology using several approaches: drugs (salicylics, paracetamol, lithium ...); toxins (lead, methanol, carbon monoxide ...); drug addiction and doping (cocaine, heroin, LSD, amphetamines ...); systemic targets (kidneys, skin, liver ...). Tox-Didact is currently composed of 39 modules in validation, each tackling the diagnosis, biological surveillance, treatment, prevention and documentation of a real clinical case. Each module is organized around four types of questions, requiring a choice either (drug, symptom, formula ...) or an open response. Each validated answer is analysed by software which then comments on or corrects it. The essential points which characterize this software are: its multidisciplinarity (toxicology, pharmacology, semiology ...), its reliability (validated by experts), its simplicity of use. It is modular and offers an interactive teaching approach. The objective is to create a portable multimedia tool operational with all computer systems (IBM PC, Macintosh). This program is sustained by the Région des Pays de la Loire and by the Multimedia Resource Office of the French Ministry of National Education.
