title: Computer-based solution to a clinical education problem in a physical therapy course.
abstract: This article describes the solution to a logistical problem involving the assignment of multiple clinical experiences to students in an undergraduate physical therapy course. Physical therapy faculty members collaborated with a computer programmer to formulate a computer program that would satisfy the organizational needs imposed by this problem. We suggest that the skills of the physical therapist combined with those of a computer programmer can be used to generate effective, computer-based solutions to many other problems related to the organization of data and to decision making in physical therapy.
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003201:Computers; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000193:education*; D012984:Software / Q000191:economics