title: Use of a computer tutorial on nutritional assessment by three different groups of health professions students.
abstract: A computer tutorial on nutritional assessment was developed and used with three different groups of health professions students. Complete data were available for 45 nursing students, 36 physician assistant students, and 68 physical therapy students. Overall for the three groups there was a significant increase (p < 0.0001) from pretest to posttest scores. This increase was not significantly different among the groups, suggesting that a single computer tutorial can be used effectively to teach basics of nutritional assessment to different groups of health professions students and allow sharing of cost for computer instruction among programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Consumer and Family Sciences, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, USA. marycheathamphd@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheatham
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Boosalis
authors.forename: Gilbert A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Boissonneault
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016390:Allied Health Occupations / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty / Q000193:education; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface