A prospective randomised-controlled pilot study for evaluating the teaching utility of interactive educational diabetes simulators

Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-23

  Tatti, P ^a   Lehmann, E D ^b  

^a Marino Hospital Rome   (Italy)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assisted learning; Diabetes mellitus; Dynamic simulation; Education; Evaluation; Modelling; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNET; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NAUSEA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEATING; TEACHING; VERTIGO; VISUAL AID; VOLUNTEER; VOMITING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEACHING;

EID: 0038243195     PISSN: 03943402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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