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DIBBS VUMC app for iPhone and iPad


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Medical
Developer: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Free
Current version: 1.0.0, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 09 Feb 2018
App size: 15.97 Mb

The DIBBS VUMC app is meant to introduce children (elementary to middle school) to the interaction between the fields of biology and computer science. Based on the "animal game,² the DIBBS VUMC app provides an interactive means of learning about how humans and computers can work together to solve medical problems by running through yes/no questions to
reach a diagnosis. Students can add diseases and findings to the app to enhance its knowledge.

This app can be a conduit for discussing topics
such as the pathologies of disease, the power of binary search, and machine learning.