Computer-Assisted Instruction

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Videoconferencing for practice-based small-group continuing medical education: feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness, and cost.

INTRODUCTION: Small-group, practice-based learning is an effective and well-accepted method of continuing medical education (CME). However, one limitation is that many physicians work in communities with fewer than the minimum number recommended for an ...
Michael Allen, Joan Sargeant, Karen Mann, Michael Fleming, John Premi (J Contin Educ Health Prof, 2003WINTER)
videoconferencing-practice-based-small-group-continuing-medical.asp

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Electrifying a medical school course: a case study.

BACKGROUND: At Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the Dean charged the curriculum office to "electrify the curriculum." An instructional development team chose a 2nd-year course to serve as a model e-course and to provide evaluation ...
J Dennis Hoban, Jeanne B Schlesinger, R Paul Fairman, Margaret M Grimes (Teach Learn Med, 2003SPRING)
electrifying-medical-school-course-case-study.asp

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Introducing Blackboard: an electronic learning platform.

Blackboard, an internet-based platform for teaching and learning, was introduced to students on the preregistration nursing programme at Northumbria University. Although clear educational advantages were identified, there were also potential ...
Raffik Cader, Michael McGovern (Nurs Times, 20030812-18)
introducing-blackboard-electronic-learning-platform.asp

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Dental undergraduate expectations and opinions of Web-based courseware to supplement traditional teaching methods.

The rapid growth of Internet for the delivery of information has enabled teaching materials to be placed on websites allowing student access to course material. It is the aim of this paper to evaluate a cohort of dental undergraduate students who have ...
R Eynon, G Perryer, A D Walmsley (Eur J Dent Educ, 200308)
dental-undergraduate-expectations-opinions-web-based-courseware.asp

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Teaching oral surgery to undergraduate students: a pilot study using a Web-based practical course.

The Internet has been used in oral surgery teaching mainly to deliver learning material across the World Wide Web and to make use of online interactivity resources in everyday surgical practice, such as by e-mails, discussion groups, and chats. The aim ...
Luciana Corrêa, Antonio Carlos de Campos, Suzana C O M Souza, Moacyr Domingos Novelli (Eur J Dent Educ, 200308)
teaching-oral-surgery-undergraduate-students-pilot-study-web-based.asp

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Use of Web-based formative assessment to support student learning in a metabolism/nutrition unit.

In 2002, an integrated basic science course was introduced into the Bachelor of Dental Sciences programme at the University of Queensland, Australia. Learning activities for the Metabolism and Nutrition unit within this integrated course included ...
Debra C Henly (Eur J Dent Educ, 200308)
web-based-formative-assessment-support-student-learning-metabolism.asp

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Devising an e-learning package for vital-signs monitoring.

Nursing and midwifery preregistration students start their placements early in their first semester. Although they quickly become proficient at performing a particular skill, they often have a limited knowledge of the physiological changes and specific ...
Mandy Stevenson, Jude Ibe (Nurs Times, 2003071-7)
devising-e-learning-package-vital-signs-monitoring.asp

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A web application for recording and analyzing the clinical experiences of nursing students.

A primary focus in nursing education is to provide students with a diverse range of clinical experiences. Historically, the collection and assessment of data from students clinical experiences have been paper-and-pencil tasks that are arduous for both ...
Linda Meyer, Robert Sedlmeyer, Cathy Carlson, Susan Modlin (Comput Inform Nurs, 200307-08)
web-application-recording-analyzing-clinical-experiences-nursing.asp

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Intravenous catheter training system: computer-based education versus traditional learning methods.

BACKGROUND: Virtual reality simulators allow trainees to practice techniques without consequences, reduce potential risk associated with training, minimize animal use, and help to develop standards and optimize procedures. Current intravenous (IV) ...
Scott A Engum, Pamela Jeffries, Lisa Fisher (Am J Surg, 200307)
intravenous-catheter-training-system-computer-based-education-versus.asp

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Acceptability and feasibility of a computer-tailored physical activity intervention using stages of change: project FAITH.

This study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of a new computer-tailored intervention promoting physical activity in a general population, and explored if there are differences in the reported feasibility and acceptability between stages of ...
Corneel Vandelanotte, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij (Health Educ Res, 200306)
acceptability-feasibility-computer-tailored-physical-activity.asp