Evaluation of a course on patient records.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether self-directed learning about (electronic) patient records during a PBL (problem-based learning) block, dealing with the content of disciplines concerned with the diagnosis and therapy of diseases of the abdomen, increased the knowledge of the students with respect to the patient records.


METHODS
At the beginning and at the end of the ten-week block the same questionnaire was offered to the students (180). Cohen's d for effect size was used to determine the increase in knowledge.


RESULTS
For those students that answered the questionnaire twice (53), a Cohen's d of 0.94 was obtained.


CONCLUSIONS
The knowledge of the students concerning the advantages and limitations of (electronic) patient records increased significantly. The corresponding effect size was large.
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Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Centre - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.hasman@amc.uva.nl
Roos
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Muijtjens
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Gronenschild
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Ahles
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D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D003479:Curriculum; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009426:Netherlands; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires