Computer-based filing of notes: databases for systematizing notes from medical studies—an aid to studying and a tool in medical practice

Abstract

The use of databases as a method for systematizing notes from lectures and other sources has been developed for medical students. As distinct from other medical databases this program only offers the frames necessary for the students to enter their notes. Through the adaptation that occurs when entering the notes to the database, an active and comprehensive elaboration of the notes is required. These notes could then at any time easily be used for systematic revisions and meaningful combining by using the facilities for retrieval and comparing in the program. Thus the database is facilitating efficient learning. In medical practice later on this sort of archive could be further extended and edited, hence serving as a medical database and a diagnostic tool.