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Volume 12 (2)
Volume 12, Issue 2, 1992 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1992; 12(2):89-97
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Thomas E. Piemme, MD A b s t r a c t While the concept of using computers in medical education is more than 30 years old, it was the development of the micro-computer in 1979 that led to widespread application. Standards rapidly emerged, and the costs associated with both hardware and software declined to the point that most schools of medicine now use computer technology in some way in their curriculum. Windows, mass storage, and digital imaging now provide the developer with almost unlimited opportunity for creativity. Programs available for the continuing education of practicing physicians are proliferating. Costs are very reasonable. Computer technology is expanding the universe of what is conventionally thought of as continuing medical education. Instant access to bibliographic databases, some with the full text of books and journals, and the commercial availability of decision-support systems, now bring information to the physician at the time and in the place of greatest need: at the point of patient care. Keywords: Medical education; computer-assisted instruction; bibliographic databases; decision support; patient simulations; digital images; mass storage |
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