Abstract
In training of medical informatics, students used to learn mainly computer literacy. As information technology has been widely diffused, the paradigm of the training needs to shift from computer literacy to information literacy and problem-based learning. This means how to solve clinical problems by means of information technology.
Recently, evidence-based medicine (EBM) strongly attracts attention and medical students should learn how to practice EBM. Therefore, we have renewed medical informatics training and incorporated the concept of EBM into it. Each student in a group is assigned two different practical model cases from six: one case as a doctor, and another as a patient or patient’s family. They learn literature search, critical appraisal, how to read and write medical record, clinical decision analysis, etc. Finally students explain their decisions based on best evidence as a medical doctor, and ask questions as a patient or patient’s family. In order to evaluate the training, the students are asked to fill out questionnaires. According to their answers, the training is interesting, useful, and acceptable in difficulty.
