title: Computer-aided instruction in the emergency department.
abstract: Computer-aided teaching in the emergency department offers an important adjunct to traditional lectures and bedside clinical teaching. Using an integrated software system, lessons and patient simulations were created for the emergency department. Case simulations were more frequently used than more traditional question and answer formats. Acceptance and usage rates are high and remain so even after the initial novelty of the system declined. To be useful, such a system should be accessible over extended hours, and lessons should be brief and simple to execute.
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software