title: Assessment of an interactive microcomputer-videodisc programme for teaching medical students to evaluate the peripheral blood smear.
abstract: An interactive microcomputer-videodisc programme for providing instruction in interpreting the peripheral blood smear was evaluated by 23 medical students. The mean scores of the students on a test of interpretation of photomicrographs of blood smears increased significantly after use of the teaching programme. The students' responses to a questionnaire indicated that they viewed computer based instruction as a useful learning tool. The results of the study suggest that computer assisted instruction may be one method for addressing some of the current problems in medical education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Harlem Hospital Center, New York.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hendrickson
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014742:Videodisc Recording