A field test of computer assisted instruction on fetal alcohol syndrome
| dc.contributor.author | Garver, Carolyn | |
| dc.contributor.committeeChair | Baker, Judith | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Ward, Susan | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Doyle, Eva | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Cissell, Bill | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-06T20:18:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-06T20:18:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 5/30/1998 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to determine the changes in attitudes about alcohol among students attending a medical school in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex before and after the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) on fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Data were collected on a group of 30 medical students. The group was administered the Substance Abuse Attitude Survey (SAAS) before and after viewing a CAI on FAS to assess their attitudes about the use of alcohol. These attitudes would ultimately have a future effect on the medical students delivery of effective patient education. Data were collected on five dimensions of clinical attitudes towards substance abuse and its treatment, pre- and post-test scores which included permissiveness, non-stereotype, treatment intervention, treatment optimism, and non-moralism, and information about the usefulness of the educational information, evaluation of the CAI, and the participants plans to further utilize the educational information for patient education. A comparison of the pre- and post-test scores was determined using a t-test, which indicated no statistical difference in the scores. Fifty-three percent of the participants stated the CAI would be useful to them. More than half of the participants had positive attitudes toward the CAI, and 63% of the participants stated they would use a product of this type for future patient education. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11274/9286 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health and environmental science | en_US |
| dc.subject | Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Substance abuse attitude survey | en_US |
| dc.title | A field test of computer assisted instruction on fetal alcohol syndrome | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Health Sciences | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Health Education | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas Woman's University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy |