Orientation to Gastroenterology: A Toolbook Program for the Gastroenterology Subspecialty Elective

摘要

We have found that the “hypertext” properties of the ToolBook authoring system are quite versatile. We devised an application to introduce fellows, residents and medical students to the activities of the gastroenterology subspecialty elective at the George Washington University Medical Center. The program was available for use on the network workstations in the Himmelfarb Medical Library. A ToolBook “page” containing the master schedule was linked to pages describing each individual activity in detail. A questionnaire was completed by all 26 users of the program in order to evaluate its utility. The users found the application to be a useful adjunct to their GI rotation