Effect of personal digital assistant on teaching of operative surgery
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2012.10.017
- VernacularTitle:论掌上移动设备在外科手术学教学中的作用
- Author:
Hao PENG
;
Zhinong WANG
;
Lihui WU
;
Mi ZHOU
;
Jiang HONG
;
Hongliang SHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Operative surgery;
Personal digital assistant;
Multimedia teaching
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2012;11(10):1036-1039
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As a fundamental medical course,operative surgery is featured by basic skill acquirement 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 various application softwares,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.
