Do Computers Teach Better? A Media Comparison Study for Case-based Teaching in Radiology Export

@article{maleck01, abstract = {A prospective study was performed to better define the role of computers in teaching radiology to medical students. Two hundred twenty-five 3rd-year students were randomly assigned to one of four groups and exposed to 10 radiology cases as well as to a voluntary weekly radiology lecture. Group A used computer-based cases with interactive elements; group B used computer-based cases without interactive elements; group C used paper-based cases with interactive elements; and group D was not exposed to the cases and served as a control group. On a multiple-choice question test, groups A, B, and C showed significant improvement (+11.2\%, +15.1\%, and +13.0\%, respectively), whereas group D did not (+0.6\%). On an image interpretation test, group A showed the most improvement (+15.7\% [P < .001]), followed by group B (+15.1\% [P < .01]) and group C (+10.2\% [P < .05]); group D showed no significant improvement (+8.5\%). No significant differences in the learning outcome were found between the two interactive groups (computer based and paper based). Computer-based teaching with case studies (with or without interactivity) improves students' problem-solving ability in radiology.}, author = {Maleck, Martin and Fischer, Martin R. and Kammer, Birgit and Zeiler, Claudius and Mangel, Eugen and Schenk, Franz and Pfeifer, Klaus-Juergen}, citeulike-article-id = {1000238}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/21/4/1025}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11452078}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11452078}, day = {1}, journal = {Radiographics}, keywords = {computer-based, education, interactive, learning, performance, radiology, students}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {1025--1032}, posted-at = {2006-12-18 15:00:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Do Computers Teach Better? A Media Comparison Study for Case-based Teaching in Radiology}, url = {http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/21/4/1025}, volume = {21}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - maleck01 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1000238 N2 - A prospective study was performed to better define the role of computers in teaching radiology to medical students. Two hundred twenty-five 3rd-year students were randomly assigned to one of four groups and exposed to 10 radiology cases as well as to a voluntary weekly radiology lecture. Group A used computer-based cases with interactive elements; group B used computer-based cases without interactive elements; group C used paper-based cases with interactive elements; and group D was not exposed to the cases and served as a control group. On a multiple-choice question test, groups A, B, and C showed significant improvement (+11.2%, +15.1%, and +13.0%, respectively), whereas group D did not (+0.6%). On an image interpretation test, group A showed the most improvement (+15.7% [P < .001]), followed by group B (+15.1% [P < .01]) and group C (+10.2% [P < .05]); group D showed no significant improvement (+8.5%). No significant differences in the learning outcome were found between the two interactive groups (computer based and paper based). Computer-based teaching with case studies (with or without interactivity) improves students' problem-solving ability in radiology. IS - 4 JF - Radiographics EP - 1032 TI - Do Computers Teach Better? A Media Comparison Study for Case-based Teaching in Radiology VL - 21 SP - 1025 KW - computer-based KW - education KW - interactive KW - learning KW - performance KW - radiology KW - students AU - Maleck, Martin AU - Fischer, Martin AU - Kammer, Birgit AU - Zeiler, Claudius AU - Mangel, Eugen AU - Schenk, Franz AU - Pfeifer, Klaus-Juergen PY - 2001/07/01/ UR - http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/21/4/1025 ER -