An Integrated Computer System Across the Health Science Curriculum

当前护生基础科学教育缺乏足够的课程与内容整合，分析与诠释能力不足。本系通过在医学物理、人体生理学和护理实验室这三门课程中引入集成计算机系统来改善护理学生的本科科学课程，以解决这一不足。综合计算机系统的主要组成部分包括一台带有CD-ROM的计算机以及用于实验的软件和硬件接口。该体系通过三个方面的活动加强学科整合。首先，综合计算机系统向护理学生介绍了一个数据采集、分析和外推的实验室系统，这对所有三个学科都是相同的。每门课程都建立在前一门课程中发展的分析技能的基础上。第二，利用集成系统将各学科之间的学习模块连接起来。每门课程都基于相同的概念开发一系列学习模块。每个模块包括概念的基本原理，实验室或临床程序，数据采集和分析，结论和应用。每个模块都与学生一起进行下一门课程，从而将所有三个学科联系起来。第三，集成系统引入了可用于所有三个学科的模拟，并大大扩展了传统的实验室或临床条件。这三种方法的主要目的是提高护生对可跨学科应用的概念的欣赏和知识，从而提高他们掌握这些概念的动机和能力。

The present basic-science education of nursing students lacks sufficient course and content integration and is deficient in analytical and interpretation skills. This department is addressing this deficiency by improving the undergraduate science curriculum for nursing students in medical physics, human physiology, and nursing laboratories by the introduction of an Integrated Computer System in all three courses. The primary components of an Integrated Computer System include a computer with CD-ROM and software and hardware interface for experiments. This system enhances discipline integration by three activities. First, the Integrated Computer System introduces nursing students to a system of data acquisition, analysis, and extrapolation in the laboratory that is identical for all three disciplines. Each course builds upon the analytical skills developed in the previous course. Second, the Integrated System is utilized to link learning modules between each discipline. Each course develops a series of learning modules based upon the same concepts. Each module includes the basic principles of the concept, laboratory or clinical procedures, data acquisition and analysis, and conclusion and applications. Each module is carried with the student to the next course, thus linking all three disciplines. Third, the Integrated System introduces simulations that can be used in all three disciplines and greatly extends the traditional laboratory or clinical conditions. The primary goal of these three methods is to enhance the nursing student's appreciation and knowledge of concepts that can be applied across disciplines and thus enhance their motivation and ability to master these concepts.