Lungeanu Diana, Tractenberg Rochelle E, Bersan Otilia S, Mihalas George I
Department of Medical Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009;150:936-40.
In the context of an existing first year, one-semester mandatory course of medical informatics (MI) for medical students, we tested an interactive teaching approach in parallel with the traditional academic program. After six semesters (at the beginning of the clinical stage) we collected feedback from the former students in the two parallel programs (with anonymous questionnaires comprising both subjectively-rated items and open-ended questions). We conclude that an introductory course on information and communication technology and information skills can be useful at the beginning of the medical curriculum, while an interactive, problem-based-learning-type MI course should be included during the clinical stage. Early development of these skills, and their use/utility across the curriculum, are important aspects of integrating MI education into clinical training.
在为医学生开设的现有的大一第一学期医学信息学（MI）必修课程背景下，我们在传统学术课程的同时测试了一种交互式教学方法。六个学期后（在临床阶段开始时），我们从两个平行课程的往届学生那里收集了反馈（通过匿名问卷，其中包括主观评分项目和开放式问题）。我们得出结论，信息通信技术和信息技能入门课程在医学课程开始时可能有用，而交互式、基于问题学习型的MI课程应在临床阶段开设。这些技能的早期培养及其在整个课程中的使用/效用，是将MI教育融入临床培训的重要方面。
