Diagnostic computing: an elective for fourth-year medical students.
The complex problems that patients pose require familiarity with the use and limitations of diagnostic computer systems. Independent of practice specialty, physicians may expect to encounter computer applications and digital image systems to provide information for diagnosis and management. This poster describes an elective for fourth-year medical students that introduces students to diagnostic computing through the use of decision-assist software and imaging processing systems. The poster includes photographs, examples of course exercises and readings, and a summary of course evaluation information.
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Division of Nuclear Radiology, Scott & White Clinic and Texas A&M University College of Medicine, 2401 South 31st Street, Temple, TX 76508.
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D003200:Computer User Training / Q000379:methods*; D003479:Curriculum; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005103:Expert Systems; D013781:Texas