Self-instruction and assessment in techniques of intensive care using a computer model of the respiratory system

Abstract

There are considerable logistical difficulties involved in providing an adequate training programme for each new doctor when starting intensive care. One solution is to use an interactive computer terminal and provide programmes for self-instruction and assessment. Using a computer model of the respiratory system linked to a computer-assisted instructional driver we have developed instructional exercises on the management of artificial ventilation and the treatment of respiratory failure. Each teaching session contains explanatory text, multiple choice questions and model simulations. The student can interact with the simulations, appropriate assistance being provided when required, while his answers are marked and assessed with further explanation when necessary. The use of computer models adds a new dimension to computer-assisted learning techniques and is particularly applicable to intensive care medicine.

4. Models and Simulations

“…41 Second, within interactive computer-assisted learning courses for anaesthetics and ICU trainees, published in collaboration with Charles's opposite number at UCL, Rod Armstrong. 42 There were several reasons why this line of research came to an end. First, it proved of little interest as a research topic for the research council funding schemes of the times.…”

4. Models and Simulations

“…41 Second, within interactive computer-assisted learning courses for anaesthetics and ICU trainees, published in collaboration with Charles's opposite number at UCL, Rod Armstrong. 42 There were several reasons why this line of research came to an end. First, it proved of little interest as a research topic for the research council funding schemes of the times.…”

The use of computerized Learning in intensive care: an evaluation of a new teaching program

“…The macaid instructional software is designed to run in parallel with the mac simulation programs and to enable a much simpler dialogue with the learner who no longer needs to master the details of controlling the model in order to make use of the simulations it produces (Ahmed, Ingram & Dickinson, 1981). The use of this system in building training exercises for ICU registrars has recently been described (Hines, Ingram & Dickinson, 1982). Using the macaid instructional driver we have built a text around the respiratory model macpuf .…”

4. Models and Simulations

“…41 Second, within interactive computer-assisted learning courses for anaesthetics and ICU trainees, published in collaboration with Charles's opposite number at UCL, Rod Armstrong. 42 There were several reasons why this line of research came to an end. First, it proved of little interest as a research topic for the research council funding schemes of the times.…”

The use of computerized Learning in intensive care: an evaluation of a new teaching program

“…The macaid instructional software is designed to run in parallel with the mac simulation programs and to enable a much simpler dialogue with the learner who no longer needs to master the details of controlling the model in order to make use of the simulations it produces (Ahmed, Ingram & Dickinson, 1981). The use of this system in building training exercises for ICU registrars has recently been described (Hines, Ingram & Dickinson, 1982). Using the macaid instructional driver we have built a text around the respiratory model macpuf .…”

4. Models and Simulations

“…41 Second, within interactive computer-assisted learning courses for anaesthetics and ICU trainees, published in collaboration with Charles's opposite number at UCL, Rod Armstrong. 42 There were several reasons why this line of research came to an end. First, it proved of little interest as a research topic for the research council funding schemes of the times.…”

The use of computerized Learning in intensive care: an evaluation of a new teaching program

“…The macaid instructional software is designed to run in parallel with the mac simulation programs and to enable a much simpler dialogue with the learner who no longer needs to master the details of controlling the model in order to make use of the simulations it produces (Ahmed, Ingram & Dickinson, 1981). The use of this system in building training exercises for ICU registrars has recently been described (Hines, Ingram & Dickinson, 1982). Using the macaid instructional driver we have built a text around the respiratory model macpuf .…”