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A touch of sugar: A multimedia case study to facilitate student dietitians learning about the clinical management of diabetes
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Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Volume 17, Number 2, ISSN 0814-673X Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Abstract

This paper describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a multimedia case study on dietetic case management of diabetes. A multimedia web-based program was developed to use the interactive capacity of the web-based environment to enable student dietitians to develop the skills of clinical reasoning and to trigger their learning about the nutritional management of diabetes. A case study of a person with diabetes was developed using a simulated medical history, video clips and sound clips. The students were asked to manage the patient online by responding to the patient's questions, attending a team meeting and outpatient clinic, attending to food service tasks and responding to visual cues. Tutors were able to access the student's responses to submissions online. Evaluation of the program was by questionnaire, which gathered quantitative and qualitative data on the student's perceptions of their experiences in using the web-based case. The students rated the content and the interactive parts of the case highly but experienced technical difficulties and found the case took too much time to complete.

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Matters, H., Miller, S., Owies, D., Vukovic, S., Nowson, C., Winter, J. & Winter, J. (2001). A touch of sugar: A multimedia case study to facilitate student dietitians learning about the clinical management of diabetes. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 17(2),. Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Retrieved February 3, 2023 from .

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