TY - GEN
T1 - A proposed method for generating question tests based on prescription drug name similarity
AU - Nabeta, Keita
AU - Ishida, Hirotsugu
AU - Kimura, Masaomi
AU - Ohkura, Michiko
AU - Tsuchiya, Fumito
PY - 2011/9/26
Y1 - 2011/9/26
N2 - An educational program aimed at orienting medical staff on proper prescription drug use needs to be implemented to avoid medical errors. Presently, pharmacists are guided by information provided in package inserts. However, these inserts are not suitable educational materials because their descriptions are usually very complex. A huge effort is needed to create educational materials for each of the 20,000 prescription drugs currently used in Japan. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a learning support system with functions that can generate educational materials automatically from a drug information database. Here, we propose a method for generating multiple-choice tests that allows students to associate brand and generic drug names based on similarity.
AB - An educational program aimed at orienting medical staff on proper prescription drug use needs to be implemented to avoid medical errors. Presently, pharmacists are guided by information provided in package inserts. However, these inserts are not suitable educational materials because their descriptions are usually very complex. A huge effort is needed to create educational materials for each of the 20,000 prescription drugs currently used in Japan. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a learning support system with functions that can generate educational materials automatically from a drug information database. Here, we propose a method for generating multiple-choice tests that allows students to associate brand and generic drug names based on similarity.
KW - Drug information
KW - Medical education
KW - Medical safety
KW - Prescription drug name
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80053019834
SN - 9789898425492
T3 - CSEDU 2011 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education
SP - 449
EP - 452
BT - CSEDU 2011 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2011
Y2 - 6 May 2011 through 8 May 2011
ER -