论掌上移动设备在外科手术学教学中的作用

外科手术学是重要的临床基础桥梁课程，以技能习得为目标和大量实践操作为主要内容的特点使得其教学要求和授课方式与其他医学课程有所不同。将掌上移动设备引入外科手术学的教学中是一种有益的创新性尝试，利用其轻巧便携和多种功能整合的特性，采用多种不同的应用软件，为外科手术学的教学提供课堂规划和管理，实施多种媒体的教学演示，为学生提供更为细致的动作分析与纠正，实现积极的反馈和激励，显著提高教学效率，增进教学质量，取得了良好的教学效果。

Effect of personal digital assistant on teaching of operative surgery

As a fundamental medical course, operative surgery is featured by basic skill ac- quirement and plenty of practice. The teaching method for operative surgery is different compared with that for other medical course. Personal digital assistant （PDA） was adopted to facilitate the teaching of the course and this was an innovation. By taking advantage of its multiple electronic functions and vari- ous application soflwares, PDA was applied to arrange class schedule, show teaching demonstration, make action analysis and give feedback and incentives of both students and teachers. In this way, PDA was proved to be an effective educational media for teaching of operative surgery.