Enhancing clinical teaching with information technologies: what can we do right now?
Abstract
Effective small-group clinical teaching requires recognizing the challenges posed by clinical settings, mastering certain teaching skills, and responding to the needs of what is often a diverse group of learners. Information technologies can enhance clinical teaching by increasing the amount of relevant clinical information available to learners, allowing for the rapid integration of needed information into the teaching encounter, facilitating information processing within small groups, and helping to compensate for the many discontinuities inherent in today's clinical teaching environment. However, as many clinical teachers look toward future implementations of advanced, totally integrated medical information systems, they often overlook information technologies they have at hand right now--e.g., CD-ROM textbooks--that can measurably enhance their teaching. The author describes the "real-world" use of several available technologies (for example, "bookmarking" MEDLINE access points) and offers suggestions for how they might be used by faculty in clinical settings.
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- Authors
- Sandroni, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida Health Science Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sandroni, S
- Venue
- Academic Medicine
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997-09
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 770-4
- ISSN
- 1040-2446 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2062775807
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2018: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 1.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academic Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Keywords
- clinical teaching, information technology, small group instruction, medical education, MEDLINE, bookmarking, health information systems, teaching skills, student diversity
- MeSH terms
- Clinical Clerkship, Computer-Assisted Instruction, Computer User Training, Group Processes, Humans, Information Services, Information Systems, Students, Medical
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