Zeitschrift für Hochschuldidaktik Nr. 2000/1
Medicine Study 2000
Alternatives for Learning and Assessment, Teaching and Evaluation
Peter FREY (Bern, Schweiz)
Paper or PC? Computer Aided Learning under Evaluation
Summary
The objective of this study was to assess the attitudes medical students from Bern, Switzerland have towards using various learning resources (books, videotapes, CD-ROMs, Internet). In 1999, 281 of 429 medical students (65%) in the 1st, 3rd and 5th year responded to a questionnaire.
Results: For learning and study purposes, 88% frequently used printed resources (textbooks), 28% used the library, and only 5% frequently used videotapes, computer aided learning (CAL) or the Internet. In our computer lab, only 31% of the CD-ROM-based instructions are used longer then 15 minutes. Among our students, 87% have private access to a PC and 51% even have an Internet modem. But there is a gap between private Internet use (51%) and its application for learning purposes (5%). This demonstrates that the rate of computer literacy among medical students, in itself, is not at all poor, but nonetheless rarely practiced for learning and study purposes.
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