title: Student perspectives on the integration of interactive Web-based cases into a family medicine clerkship.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Web-based methods are increasingly used to educate medical students; several clerkships now use Web-based cases to supplement students' clinical experiences. However, few studies have reported on students' responses to specific features of interactive Web-based cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  We developed an online template to author Web cases and created eight cases. We evaluated the usefulness of case-based learning for students at the end of each clerkship period, using a 9-item questionnaire with a 6-point scale, written student comments on the Web cases, and student focus groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report a 95% response rate, with 85% of students completing all 3 Web cases. Students were most enthusiastic about feedback from faculty after completing each module. They also liked the user-friendly Web design and linear format of the Web cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students were enthusiastic about the interactive Web-based cases and thought that the cases reinforced knowledge on common medical problems seen in the clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA. gsshokar@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Gurjeet S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Shokar
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bulik
authors.forename: Constance D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007858:Learning; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas