Preliminary evaluation of learning via the AI/LEARN/Rheumatology interactive videodisc system

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Publication Type pre-print
School or College School of Medicine
Department Biomedical Informatics
Creator Mitchell, Joyce A.
Other Author Bridges, Alan J.; Reid, John C.; Cutts, James H. 3rd; Hazelwood, Susan; Sharp, Gordon C.
Title Preliminary evaluation of learning via the AI/LEARN/Rheumatology interactive videodisc system
Date 1992-01-01
Description AI/LEARN/Rheumatology is a level three videodisc system to teach clinical observational skills in three important diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. The AI/LEARN software was developed on an independent authoring system called GALE designed for MS-DOS based computers. The purpose of this paper is to present preliminary data about the efficacy of teaching by the use of an interactive videodisc system as evaluated by examinations centered upon disease-oriented learning objectives and by attitude questionnaires. We tested the efficacy of the AI/LEARN/Rheumatology system using both medical students and residents taking the rheumatology elective. Data collected were on learning, attitudes, and ranking of curricular elements of the rotation. We kept records on the student time and search path through the interactive videodisc system. Control data were collected during 1990, before the Al/LEARN/Rheumatology program was available. Data for the treatment groups were collected during 1991 and 1992, while the trainees used the Al/LEARN/Rheumatology system. The basic difference between the control year and the treatment year curricula was the substitution of AI/LEARN/Rheumatology for three hours of lecture covering the three target diseases.
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Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
First Page 169
Last Page 173
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Mitchell, J. A., Bridges, A. J., Reid, J. C., Cutts, J. H. 3rd, Hazelwood, S., & Sharp, G. C. (1992). Preliminary evaluation of learning via the AI/LEARN/Rheumatology interactive videodisc system. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care, 169-73.
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