Nursing, teaching and computers--my experiences.
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When a local medical library is not available, it is often necessary for physicians to discover alternate ways to receive medical information. Rural physicians, particularly, can make use of a computer program called Grateful Med that provides access to the same literature available to physicians in large cities. This program permits the user to perform database searches on the National Library of Medicine database (MEDLINE), corresponding to the primary index to medical literature, Index Medicus. In this article, we give the procedure for procuring a National Library of Medicine password and for making efficient use of the Grateful Med program.
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This article reports the results of a study of computer anxiety among a large (n = 638), diverse sample of nurses (undergraduate and graduate students, educators, staff nurses, and nurse managers). Data were collected using the Oetting Computer Anxiety Scale (COMPAS). Although there was significant variability within and between groups, most nurses exhibited only "mild" computer anxiety and expected to be using computers within three years. Correlates of computer anxiety are also discussed.
Computerization and information technology will profoundly affect the work of health care social workers in the coming years. This paper reviews recent trends in information technology in health care systems and their implications for social workers. It describes recent innovations in information systems designed specifically for social workers. It concludes with a review of recent studies of utilization of computer and information systems by social workers and from these derives some of the conditions that must be created if social workers are to effectively make use of this technology.
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Librarians at the Ohio State University Health Sciences Library developed and taught a four-week elective minimodule on database searching to second-year medical students. The behavioral objectives, design, implementation, and formal evaluation of the program are described. The authors point out the need for a systematic means of assisting all future physicians to develop information retrieval and management skills.
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The experiences of medical students, residents, and faculty with a computerized literature searching system were evaluated. Third-year medical students, internal medicine and family practice residents, and full-time and voluntary faculty at one medical school had the opportunity to use a full-text and bibliographic medical literature retrieval system free of charge for an eleven-month period. Subjects conducted nearly nine thousand literature searches over a period of 942 system hours. Questionnaire data showed that participants could learn to use and would use an electronic information system, felt capable of using the system, utilized the system for a variety of purposes and in a number of different ways, and viewed the system as a valuable tool in searching the medical literature. The results are discussed in the context of the educational needs of the four user-groups and medical education planning by institutions.
As part of a national study, eleven staff development/inservice educators identified, critiqued, and ranked present and future (1990) computer competencies needed by nurse educators teaching in basic and continuing education. Now, nursing staff development/inservice educators can compare their present level of knowledge of the technology to the important competencies ranked by their peers. Based on this assessment, continuing education strategies can be designed so the educator can be a responsive decision-maker regarding computer technology in the information-based health care delivery system.
This article discusses the development of the computer program titled TLC General Hospital, then offers hints and ideas for nurses contemplating the development of their own instructional packages.