title: FMTUTOR: a computer-aided instructional system for teaching fetal monitor interpretation.
abstract: FMTUTOR is a computer program for instruction in the interpretation of fetal monitor recordings. The system runs on IBM-PC-compatible microcomputers and uses text and computer graphics to illustrate and reinforce important concepts. By means of a 2-hour introductory tutorial session and generation and guided interpretation of an unlimited variety of tracings, it simulates one-on-one instructor-student interactions and allows rapid accumulation of a store of information and experience in monitor tracing interpretation. FMTUTOR is currently used to teach third- and fourth-year medical students at the University of New Mexico. Acceptance has been enthusiastic, and development of more advanced instructional systems targeting nurses, residents, and obstetricians is underway.
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012984:Software