Biomedical Informatics 4th Edition by Edward Shortliffe, James Cimino

Exercise 2

You have decided to write a computer-based simulation to teach students aboutthe management of chest pain.
(a) Discuss the relative advantagesand disadvantages of the followingstyles of presentation:
1.A sequence of multiple-choicequestions,
2.A simulation with a physical"mannequin" whose conditionchanges over time and inresponse to therapy; and
3.A program that allows the stu-dent to enter free-text requestsfor information and that pro-vides responses.
(b) Discuss at least four problems thatyou would expect to arise duringthe process of developing and test-ing the program.
(c) For each approach, discuss how youmight develop a model that youcould use to evaluate the student's performance in clinical problemsolving.