A consumer-oriented model for evaluating computer-assisted instructional materials for medical education

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
J Glenn

Abstract

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) can enhance medical education, but course directors and curriculum designers need thorough, credible evaluative data to make sound decisions about procuring and implementing CAI programs. There has been extensive research on the merits of CAI in general (although much of it is flawed by methodologic shortcomings), but sufficient evaluative data on specific programs are rarely available. The author proposes that a consumer-oriented model would be useful for evaluating CAI programs, and he discusses one published, consumer-oriented evaluation of a multimedia CAI program for ophthalmology students. The author contends that if CAI programs were routinely evaluated using the consumer-oriented model, and if CAI program developers used this model to evaluate their programs during the developmental phase, medical educators would be better able to choose and implement the programs that would best serve their needs.

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