Integrated medical informatics with small group teaching in medical education
Journal
International Journal of Medical Informatics
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
1-3
Pages
59 - 68
Date Issued
1998
Author(s)
Chen, Heng-Shuen
Liu, Chien-Tsai
Lee, Yue-Joe
Lin, Chia-Chin
Hou, Sheng-Mou
Hsieh, Bor-Shen
Abstract
National Taiwan University College of Medicine (NTUCM) introduced small groups of teaching and basic-clinical integrated courses for medical students in 1992. By using computer network and multimedia techniques, this study tried to overcome barriers to learning in small group reaching. The Department of Medical Informatics of NTUCM established campus networking and computer classrooms and provided Internet and intranet network services including mail, netnews, bulletin board systems (BBS), world wide web (WWW), gopher, ftp and local file servers. To implement an interactive learning environment, the authors first tried mail lists, newsgroups and BBS. Next an integrated learning system prototype on the WWW was developed to provide functions including online syllabus, discussion boards simulated to BBS, online talk, interactive case studies, virtual classroom with video on demand (VOD) and Internet medical resources. The results showed that after the medical students completed the required course of medical informatics and had good network access using a network to communicate with each other became a daily practice. In the future, the system will extend to the tutoring of clinical practice and continuing medical education. The authors expect a national medical education network and more international cooperation and exchange.National Taiwan University College of Medicine (NTUCM) introduced small groups of teaching and basic-clinical integrated courses for medical students in 1992. By using computer network and multimedia techniques, this study tried to overcome barriers to learning in small group teaching. The Department of Medical Informatics of NTUCM established campus networking and computer classrooms and provided Internet and intranet network services including mail, netnews, bulletin board systems (BBS), world wide web (www), gopher, ftp and local file servers. To implement an interactive learning environment, the authors first tried mail lists, newsgroups and BBS. Next an integrated learning system prototype on the WWW was developed to provide functions including online syllabus, discussion boards simulated to BBS, online talk, interactive case studies, virtual classroom with video on demand (VOD) and Internet medical resources. The results showed that after the medical students completed the required course of medical informatics and had good network access using a network to communicate with each other became a daily practice. In the future, the system will extend to the tutoring of clinical practice and continuing medical education. The authors expect a national medical education network and more international cooperation and exchange.
Event(s)
Proceedings of the 1997 6th International Conference on Health and Medical Informatics Education
Subjects
Computer assisted learning medical informatics; Medical education; Small group teaching
SDGs
Other Subjects
Computer aided instruction; Interactive computer systems; Local area networks; Medical education; Teaching; Wide area networks; Integrated medical informatics; Internet; Intranet; World wide web (WWW); Medical computing; audiovisual equipment; computer network; conference paper; information science; internet; medical education; priority journal; taiwan; Curriculum; Education, Medical; Internet; Medical Informatics; Taiwan; Teaching; User-Computer Interface
Publisher
Elsevier Sci Ireland Ltd, Shannon, Ireland
Type
conference paper