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Reports on the development of a computer-based learning package aimed at expanding students' knowledge base, as well as improving data-handling abilities and clinical problem-solving skills. Evaluation of the program by monitoring of its use by students and canvassing of users' opinions; Measurement of the effectiveness as a learning tool compared to tutorials on the same material.

Evaluates the place of the computer in the assessment of clinical skills of junior medical students in Adelaide, South Australia. History taking and physical examination skills of the students; Correlation between the performance of students at the non-computer history taking stations, the examination stations and the overall performance; Scores of the students on the computer-based tasks and in the observed stations.

Evaluates the use of computer-based material to supplement the clinical experience in a surgical clerkship using a software program MEDICI at the University of Adelaide in South Australia. Advantages of using the software; Potential applications.