Experience in Teaching with the Help of Models

Abstract

At the Institute of Physiology,¹ computer models began to be used in the education of Medical Faculty students in 1970. From the outset, this undertaking was considered to be an experiment, and it continues to be an experiment to date. It could not be otherwise, because computer technology, scientific knowledge and its horizons, and the attitudes of students and teachers are in a state of constant change; new possibilities arise and ways for their adequate utilization must be sought. Our experience with and ideas on instruction involving models should accordingly be looked upon as a case history; they are, of necessity, subjectively tinted and influenced by time and local specifics no less than any other individual experience. It is thus not off the point to begin with a brief backward look and then to characterize our teaching program and its aims.