title: [The informatics: a remarkable tool for teaching general internal medicine].
abstract: INTERMED training implies a three week course, integrated in the "primary care module" for medical students in the first master year at the school of medicine in Lausanne. INTERMED uses an innovative teaching method based on repetitive sequences of e-learning-based individual learning followed by collaborative learning activities in teams, named Team-based learning (TBL). The e-learning takes place in a web-based virtual learning environment using a series of interactive multimedia virtual patients. By using INTERMED students go through a complete medical encounter applying clinical reasoning and choosing the diagnostic and therapeutic approach. INTERMED offers an authentic experience in an engaging and safe environment where errors are allowed and without consequences.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ombelli
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pasche
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sohrmann
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monti
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D058006:General Practice / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D020407:Internet; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013337:Students, Medical; D014584:User-Computer Interface