Digital multimedia files, such as images and videos, have become essential teaching aids in health sciences education. Educators, however, often do not have the time or resources to create new materials, and web-based searches are unlikely to yield suitable, high-quality materials.
To meet this need, the Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is creating a national repository of free, web-based multimedia teaching materials in the health sciences. The prototype version of the HEAL application is available for use online. The prototype is a fully functional, multi-tiered application for searching, browsing, and contributing to the library of files.