Piemme T E
Office of Continuing Medical Education, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037.
JAMA. 1988 Jul 15;260(3):367-72.
The use of the computer in medical education has been in evolutionary development since the early 1960s; its adoption, however, has been less widespread than the promise of the medium should warrant. Computer-assisted instruction enhances learning, allowing the student the discretion of content, time, place, and pace of instruction. Information conveyed can take several forms, some better suited to undergraduate medical education, others more applicable to graduate and continuing education. The use of the computer in certification and licensure could, within a decade, transform the way competence is assessed. Its greatest promise, however, may lie in providing pertinent information at the time when, and in the place where, patient care takes place. New developments in data storage and retrieval forecast applications that could not have been imagined even a year or two ago.
自20世纪60年代初以来，计算机在医学教育中的应用一直在不断发展；然而，其应用范围并不像这种媒介所应有的前景那样广泛。计算机辅助教学可促进学习，使学生能够自行决定学习内容、时间、地点和进度。所传达的信息可以有多种形式，有些更适合本科医学教育，另一些则更适用于研究生教育和继续教育。在十年内，计算机在认证和执照发放方面的应用可能会改变能力评估的方式。然而，它最大的前景可能在于在提供患者护理的时间和地点提供相关信息。数据存储和检索方面的新发展预示着甚至在一两年前都无法想象的应用。
