Computer-Assisted Instruction

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Instructional multimedia programs for self-directed learning in undergraduate and postgraduate training in orthodontics.

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to develop and evaluate an interactive multimedia courseware package in orthodontics and to provide dental undergraduate and postgraduate students with an interactive means of self-study and self-evaluation. ...
M Aly, G Willems, C Carels, J Elen (Eur J Dent Educ, 200302)
instructional-multimedia-programs-self-directed-learning.asp

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Computer-assisted learning in undergraduate and postgraduate rheumatology education.

Computers and the Internet form a large part of our professional and personal lives. There are advantages and disadvantages to computer-assisted learning which will be discussed. An Internet and Medline search was performed to assess the educational ...
I Haq, J Dacre (Rheumatology (Oxford), 200302)
computer-assisted-learning-undergraduate-postgraduate-rheumatology.asp

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Use of virtual microscopy for didactic live-audience presentation in anatomic pathology.

Didactic presentations on the topic of anatomic pathology in front of a live audience have been largely dependent on the use of standard 2 x 2 inch projection slides (Kodachromes) of selected still images from the topic at hand. Because of the highly ...
David J Romer, Saul Suster (Ann Diagn Pathol, 200302)
virtual-microscopy-didactic-live-audience-presentation-anatomic.asp

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The use of the Internet within a dental school.

The Internet is an increasingly popular medium for delivering educational material. The aim of this study was to determine the attitudes of students and their clinical teachers to the use of the Internet within a dental school in the UK. Questionnaires ...
A D Walmsley, D A White, R Eynon, L Somerfield (Eur J Dent Educ, 200302)
internet-dental-school.asp

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Validation and learning in the Procedicus KSA virtual reality surgical simulator.

BACKGROUND: Advanced simulator training within medicine is a rapidly growing field. Virtual reality simulators are being introduced as cost-saving educational tools, which also lead to increased patient safety. METHODS: Fifteen medical students were ...
P Ström, A Kjellin, L Hedman, E Johnson, T Wredmark, L Felländer-Tsai (Surg Endosc, 200302)
validation-learning-procedicus-ksa-virtual-reality-surgical-simulator.asp

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The decline of training in open biliary surgery: effect on the residents attitude toward bile duct surgery.

BACKGROUND: After more than a decade of growth for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and decline in open cholecystectomy, the impact on the training of residents in other open biliary operations can be analyzed quantitatively. METHODS: The national operative ...
R S Chung, L Wojtasik, Q Pham, V Chari, P Chen (Surg Endosc, 200302)
decline-training-open-biliary-surgery-effect-residents-attitude.asp

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The risk of smoking in relation to engagement with a school-based smoking intervention.

Health promotion interventions cannot work if people do not engage with them. The aim of this study was to examine whether disengagement from an adolescent smoking prevention and cessation intervention was an independent risk factor for regular smoking 1 ...
Paul Aveyard, Wolfgang A Markham, Joanne Almond, Emma Lancashire, K K Cheng (Soc Sci Med, 200302)
risk-smoking-relation-engagement-school-based-smoking-intervention.asp

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The Emory experience.

The administrative nursing staff was asked to identify innovative technology that supported the mission and philosophy of the Emory Health Care System. The Directors of Nursing identified multiple high technology systems that enhance financial strength, ...
Alice Vautier, June Connor, Patricia Fragala, Mary Hart, Karen Brown, Barbara Sverdlik, Cathy Wood, Carolyn Talentino, Nancy Yeager, Jane Vosloh (Nurs Adm Q, 200301-03)
emory-experience.asp

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The virtues of the virtual world. Enhancing the technology/knowledge professional interface for life-long learning.

Nurses are quintessential learners. Nested between the fields of science and technology, the professional mandate for life-long learning has never been greater. The expanding demands for performance and quality coupled with the reality of diminishing ...
JoEllen Goertz Koerner (Nurs Adm Q, 200301-03)
virtues-virtual-world-enhancing-technology-knowledge-professional.asp

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The reality of virtual learning for nurses in the largest integrated health care system in the nation.

The health care network and hospital system within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), provides employment to more than 56,000 nursing personnel and serves as clinical education site to countless other ...
Cathy Rick, Martha A Kearns, Nancy A Thompson (Nurs Adm Q, 200301-03)
reality-virtual-learning-nurses-largest-integrated-health-care-system.asp