Using technology to teach technology: design and evaluation of bilingual online physician education about electronic medical records.

Authors

Sarah R. Edmonson, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston, Texas, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Houston, Texas
Adol Esquivel, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston, Texas
Pallavi Mokkarala, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston, Texas
Craig W. Johnson, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston, Texas
Cynthia L. Phelps, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston, Texas

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Journal

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2005; 2005: 946.

Abstract

The "EMR Tutorial" is designed to be a bilingual online physician education environment about electronic medical records. After iterative assessment and redesign, the tutorial was tested in two groups: U.S. physicians and Mexican medical students. Split-plot ANOVA revealed significantly different pre-test scores in the two groups, significant cognitive gains for the two groups overall, and no significant difference in the gains made by the two groups. Users rated the module positively on a satisfaction questionnaire.

Keywords

Analysis of Variance, Attitude to Computers, Computer User Training, Computer-Assisted Instruction, Education, Medical, Continuing, Humans, Medical Records Systems, Computerized, Mexico, Multilingualism, Online Systems, United States

Comments

PMCID: PMC1560481