title: The computerised surgical logbook: why bother?
abstract: Many people find computers intimidating. Even those happy to use a word processor will often steer clear of database programs since they are often regarded as only useful to people who have special expertise with computers. In fact, this is no more true for databases than it is for word processors. Anyone who can handle the latter can easily reap the many benefits of putting their surgical logbook onto a database program. The author explains what a database is, why he believes it is a good idea to use one to computerise surgical logbooks and how to go about doing it.
authors.affiliation: Princess Royal Hospital, Hayward's Health, West Sussex.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Halliwell
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*