Abstract
Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) is an effective method of imparting factual knowledge relating to the practice of medicine. Unfortunately educational software remains scarse and expensive or lacks flexibility.
This paper introduces a software package that permits continuing medical education and self assessment by Multiple Choice Question exercises. The questions are first written to a text file with an easy-to-use editor.
The programs are written in BASIC and hardware prerequisite are a desk-top computer with 32K of CPU memory and a dual floppy disk drive.
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Kobel, M., Maitre, P.O. & Schwander, D. The TUTOR, a software package for educational computing. J Clin Monit Comput 2, 43–45 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915872
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915872