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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Computers in medical education 3: a possible tool for the assessment of clinical competence? |
Author: | Devitt, P. Palmer, E. |
Citation: | ANZ Journal of Surgery, 1998; 68(8):602-604 |
Publisher: | BLACKWELL SCIENCE |
Issue Date: | 1998 |
ISSN: | 1445-1433 |
Abstract: | <h4>Background</h4>Computers and other forms of information technology are increasingly used in medical education. We undertook a study to evaluate the place of the computer in the assessment of clinical skills of junior medical students.<h4>Methods</h4>The history taking and physical examination skills of 136 third-year students were assessed in a series of structured and observed clinical stations and compared to their performance in similar computer-based problems.<h4>Results</h4>Students scored equally on the computer-based tasks and in the observed stations, but the weaker students who failed one or another component of the examination were more likely to pass at a clinical station and fail the computer task.<h4>Conclusions</h4>This study has shown that computer-based clinical simulations can be constructed to supplement conventional assessment processes in clinical medicine and may have a role in increasing their reliability. |
Keywords: | Humans Educational Measurement Clinical Competence Computer-Assisted Instruction Multimedia Computers General Surgery |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb02109.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb02109.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Surgery publications |
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