Clinical Cases on Computers. Can computer simulated patients provide effective teaching or training?
Christof Daetwyler
AUM - IAWF, University of Berne, Switzerland
Issues to be discussed are design aspects including:
-Cumbersome and frustrating navigation.
-Difficulty in delivering on the www
-Cost to create versus acceptance and use
-Evaluation evidence
-Lack of personal interaction with mentor or patient
Discussion will also focus on where they are most appropriately used in training: preclinical, during clinical training post training or continuing education.
Participant’s experiences or evidence collected will greatly add to the discussion.
BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:
The attendees will focus on the possible advantages and disadvantages of computer-aided case simulations and be better able to judge if, when, and where their use is most beneficial, accepted, or useful.
Christof Daetwyler
AUM
Inselspital 38
CH 3010 Bern
Phone: +41 31 632 25 12
Fax: +41 31 632 49 98
Email: c.daetwyler@gmx.net
Website: http://www.aum.iawf.unibe.ch/port/ma/cda/