Dr. Christof J Daetwyler M.D.
AUM - IAWF, University of Berne (soon IML, Dartmouth College)

ABSTRACT:

When Howard S. Barrows discovered in 1969 that "medical students and residents, for the most part, did not seem to think at all", he introduced as a consequence the "Problem Based Learning". In 1984 he adopted together with Feltovich the "script" concept to medical education. These"Illness-scripts", which are mainly generated through reflection on patient encounters, are supposed to be the underlying structures of the clinical reasoning processes.

In this workshop, I'd like to discuss how and under what circumstances computer based learning programs assist the construction of those "illness scripts" - and therefore could be a valuable aid in the preparation of the students for "real clinical life".

The following programs will be used to demonstrate these ideas and to discuss them:

- "Neurology Interactive" from the AUM Bern
- "Primary Care of the HIV / AIDS Patient" from the IML Dartmouth
- "Kopfschmerz Knteractive" from the AUM Bern
- "The Elective Cardio Game" from R. Bonvin

BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:

A clinical doctor uses beside of knowledge also skills - and he has to have the "right attitude".The participants of the workshop will discuss how the computer could assist the learner in evolving these qualities.To do so, we will study some examples (as mentioned above in the abstract ) and investigate on them how this could be done.The benefit to the participants will be that they will know better about how to design learning (enabling) programs for clinical medical education.

Christof J 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/