title: Computerized performance support systems: applications in a family practice clerkship.
abstract: This article describes a computerized performance support system, the Clerkship Learning Expert and Resource Consultant (CLERC), developed to improve the quality and consistency of learning available to medical students in a third-year family practice clerkship. CLERC is an integrated computer system with an interactive knowledge base, software applications, literature search capabilities, and clinical diagnostic software programs. Medical students enrolled in a third-year family practice clerkship use CLERC to access up-to-date clinical information and to complete clerkship assignments.
authors.affiliation: Office of Medical Education, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Whiteside
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Snell
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bedford
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D012984:Software