Computers in Health
Science Education
Uses and How to Use Them
Reynaldo O. Joson, MD, MHA, MHPEd, MS Surg
Introduction
Computers are the in-thing nowadays and in the next millennium. They are and will be here to stay. Everybody, including health care providers and health education professionals, should accept this reality.
Computer is equated to information technology. It is the most efficient resource for information management, searching, and dissemination, whatever kind of information.
It being the in-thing in the next millennium and it being the most efficient resource of information, all health care providers as well as health education professionals should know at least the "basics" of computers. The computers will be primarily useful for continuing profession learning. For the health education professionals, the computers can be tapped for teaching purposes.