Zeitschrift für Hochschuldidaktik Nr. 2000/1
Medicine Study 2000
Alternatives for Learning and Assessment, Teaching and Evaluation
Christof DAETWYLER (Bern, Switzerland)
How Can Computers Assist Students Learning Clinical Medicine?
Summary
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 reasonning processes. In this article, I'll show how and under what circumstances computer assisted 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".
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