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Published on: August 1, 2019
A computer-based approach to education and training in clinical gastroenterology
1Dept. of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Turin, Italy.
Abstract:
Computer systems adapted to gastroenterology can effectively assist in organization of knowledge, clinical reasoning and competence, and manual skills. Computer-based methods and tools for medical education comprise systems for computer-assisted instruction (CAI), systems for clinical simulation (CS), and expert systems (ES). Computer-based methods in medical education are now so well defined and assessed that their use should be considered the necessary goal for coming years.
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