Introducing expert systems to medical students using esta, Expert System Teaching Aid |
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| Authors: | A. T. McWILLIAMS |
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| Affiliation: | Department of General Practice, University of Liverpool, UK. |
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| Abstract: | Medical students are allocated little curriculum time for exposure to expert systems. ESTA, a computer model of an expert system, was developed to make best use of this time. The nature of the students' interaction with ESTA is described, and their reactions to the expert system concepts and the place of expert systems in medicine are presented. A discussion of these reactions draws some conclusions about teaching expert systems in particular, and computers in general, in the basic medical course. |
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| Keywords: | *expert systems *students medical *attitude of health personnel computer simulation education medical undergraduate general practice/educ England |
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