Insights learned from teaching pathophysiology oil the World Wide Web

This article describes a one-credit, graduate level pathophysiology module taught using the World Wide Web. Student outcomes are compared to those of students who took the same module in a traditional classroom setting. Altho ugh the majority of the graduate students were not Web literate, they becam e more comfortable with this instructional medium over time. A comparison o f the Web-based instruction with the traditional format, both directed by t he same instructor, showed no significant differences in student performanc e on a multiple choice examination.