Experimenting with new paradigms for medical education and the emergence of a distance learning degree using the internet: teaching evidence-based medicine.

Full Abstract

This paper is focused on designing and developing a teaching environment associated with an introductory course in evidence-based medicine designed for undergraduates. Attempting to break away from the traditional educational model based on acquisition of factual knowledge, we developed a software tool centred on content management, student assessment and feedback. We ran this course on an educational website, using chat rooms and electronic mail for trainer-trainee communication over one academic year. The website served as a repository for knowledge and information and presented freestanding web-based interactive study modules and a non-interactive degree course. Trainers and trainees responded favourably to the computer applications and the Internet. This project demonstrated the feasibility of computer-aided learning and the advantages of distance teaching over the Internet.

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Author information

Author/s: Fieschi, Marius (M); Soula, Gérard (G); Giorgi, Roch (R); Gouvernet, Joanny (J); Fieschi, Dominique (D); Botti, Geneviève (G); Volot, Françoise (F); Berland, Yvon (Y);

Affiliation: Laboratoire d'Enseignement et de Recherche sur le Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée Marseille, 27 boulevard Jean Moulin 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France. mfieschi(-atsign-)ap-hm.fr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Medical informatics and the Internet in medicine (Med Inform Internet Med), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Mar; vol 27 (issue 1) : pp 1-11

Dates: Created 2003/01/01; Completed 2003/03/24; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12509118, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Computer-Assisted Instruction
Education, Distance - methods
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods
Evidence-Based Medicine - education

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