AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSE IN THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM

This paper concerns the information technology course now running in y ear 1 of the undergraduate curriculum of the medical school of Leeds U niversity. The background and objectives of the course are described, and the course content is outlined in terms of knowledge and practical skills. By the end of the course, 95% of students could successfully accomplish 95% of the skill tasks taught. As regards attitudes to IT, independent studies comparing two randomly selected groups suggested s tudents who had taken the course (a) used IT more frequently, and (b) viewed IT more favourably than their counterparts.