title: [Computer-assisted instruction in training and continuing education in veterinary medicine].
abstract: The microcomputer is an excellent instrument for stimulation in training in clinical problem-solving. However, the construction of computerprogrammes requires far too much time of teachers. At the Department of Surgery of the University Hospital at Leiden, a software package was developed, called 'CASES' (Computer-Assisted Simulation and Education System). This authoring system enables the clinical teacher to create a new 'case' within a few hours. When this type of computer-assisted instruction is used a student must attempt to solve a problem and in doing so will make a few, or possibly several, mistakes. The author of the programme will comment upon all the mistakes which are made. It is, as if the teacher were personally present and giving private instruction to his student. To create a case the teacher does not need any knowledge of computers nor of programming-languages. Other fields of use could be post-graduate training. By mailing floppy-discs to the doctor's home he could have his interactive training by experts at home in his own study. With little if any modifications, this system may also be used in veterinary medicine. It runs on IBM-PC's (128 K) and all compatible hardware.
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D012984:Software
vernacular_title: Computer ondersteund onderwijs ten behoeve van onderwijs en nascholing in de diergeneeskunde.