title: Computers and medical information: an elective for fourth-year medical students.
abstract: The Computers and Medical Information elective is a collaborative effort to expose students to a variety of computer applications for medical information management. The course has a modular format so that students can work with a variety of people who are enthusiastic users of computer-based information systems. The elective emphasizes learning by doing. Faculty introduce concepts and systems and serve as guides in the use of systems. Students have rated the course positively and, after four years as an elective, some of the course's content has been integrated into the required curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4462, USA. g-hannigan@tamu.edu
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Hannigan
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bartold
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fulton
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malcom
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Moshinskie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tonn-Bessent
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003479:Curriculum; D004346:Drug Information Services; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D019451:Information Management / Q000193:education*; D016239:MEDLINE; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013781:Texas