Evaluación de un programa de estudio independiente basado en la computación, aplicado a estudiantes de IV año de medicina / Assessment of an independent study program based in computation, applied to medicine students of IV grade

RESUMO

The aim of this work was to assess an independent study program on hypertension using a computer multimedia program developed by the authors. Twenty-four randomly chosen students participated in the program and 76 students that continued to attend to classical lectures were used as controls. At the end of the program, a cognitive test with 40 multiple choice questions and an opinion questionnaire were applied. The experimental group had higher grades in the test than controls (71,4 and 64,6 percent respectively p<0,001) and a highly favourable opinion of the program. It is concluded that computer teaching programs are useful and feasible alternative to lectures