TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Iliad to Improve Diagnostic Performance of Nurse Practitioner Students
AU - Lange, Linda L.
AU - Haak, Sandra W.
AU - Lincoln, Michael J.
AU - Thompson, Cheryl Bagley
AU - Turner, Charles W.
AU - Weir, Charlene
AU - Foerster, Victoria
AU - Nilasena, David
AU - Reeves, Roger
PY - 1997/1
Y1 - 1997/1
N2 - Nurse practitioners (NPs) have dual goals as primary care providers, combining the traditional goals of nursing with extended goals as diagnosticians. Diagnostic reasoning, therefore, is a critical component of NP education. Iliad, a computerized diagnostic reasoning expert system, has been used effectively to teach diagnostic skills to medical students. A pilot study was undertaken to determine the effects of Iliad training on NP students' diagnostic skill performance and to identify technical and instructional issues of implementation. The study found that the use of Iliad improved NP students' diagnostic reasoning, and that the training effects were modified by prior nursing experience. Successful use of Iliad required planning, faculty commitment, and technical support.
AB - Nurse practitioners (NPs) have dual goals as primary care providers, combining the traditional goals of nursing with extended goals as diagnosticians. Diagnostic reasoning, therefore, is a critical component of NP education. Iliad, a computerized diagnostic reasoning expert system, has been used effectively to teach diagnostic skills to medical students. A pilot study was undertaken to determine the effects of Iliad training on NP students' diagnostic skill performance and to identify technical and instructional issues of implementation. The study found that the use of Iliad improved NP students' diagnostic reasoning, and that the training effects were modified by prior nursing experience. Successful use of Iliad required planning, faculty commitment, and technical support.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8986960
AN - SCOPUS:0030635456
VL - 36
SP - 36
EP - 45
JO - Journal of Nursing Education
JF - Journal of Nursing Education
SN - 0022-3158
IS - 1
ER -