title: An alternative approach to prevention: computer-assisted patient education.
abstract: Computer-assisted instruction is a reliable, viable, and increasingly popular method for patient education. CAI programs are easy to use, nonintimidating to the patient, and enjoyable. CAI is a relatively new, but effective method of "spreading the word" to those who most desperately need the information. As technology advances, more computer-based patient education programs will become available to the dental health-care profession. The computer based education center will become a useful and integral component of the dental office of the future.
authors.affiliation: Tulane University Medical Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Fos
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004867:Equipment Design; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software