Introducing expert systems to medical students using ESTA, expert system teaching aid.
Medical students are allocated little curriculum time for exposure to expert systems. ESTA, a computer model of an expert system, was developed to make best use of this time. The nature of the students' interaction with ESTA is described, and their reactions to the expert system concepts and the place of expert systems in medicine are presented. A discussion of these reactions draws some conclusions about teaching expert systems in particular, and computers in general, in the basic medical course.
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Department of General Practice, University of Liverpool, UK.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004739:England; D005103:Expert Systems; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D013337:Students, Medical