Integrating and evaluating online bibliographic searching with clinical experiences of third year medical students

In this paper, we describe the Clinical Health Information Retrieval Project (CHIRP), a trial program which provided online access to MEDLINE for third year students on medicine and pediatrics clerkships at The University of North Carolina School of Medicine. We present the project evaluation plan,...

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Published inResearch in medical education : proceedings of the ... annual Conference. Conference on Research in Medical Education Vol. 27; p. 106
Main Authors France, C L, Kimmel, S, Allegri, F, Mattern, W D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1988
Subjects
Attitude of Health Personnel
Bibliography of Medicine - education
Clinical Clerkship
Computer Literacy
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Family Practice - education
Humans
Online Systems - education
Pediatrics - education
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Summary:In this paper, we describe the Clinical Health Information Retrieval Project (CHIRP), a trial program which provided online access to MEDLINE for third year students on medicine and pediatrics clerkships at The University of North Carolina School of Medicine. We present the project evaluation plan, report data from student questionnaires and interviews with the chief residents, clerkship directors, and clerkship coordinators, identify problems encountered, and address considerations for extension of the project.