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On entering medical school, students should have

proficiency in:

1. Basic microcomputer operation (the ability to run

DOS-, Windows-, and/or Macintosh-based systems;
navigate between applications; and open, close,
transfer, save, and back-up files);

2. Basic word processing (the ability to create, edit, and

print simple documents).
By completion of medical school, students should
have the following skills:

1. Intermediate word processing:

2. Information search and retrieval:

the ability to retrieve relevant, timely information from

the medical literature using printed sources or online
databases.

3. Information management:
the ability to organize and manage information and data
4. Communication, including:

• Electronic mail
(the ability to send, receive, save, forward, and attach files to e-
mail messages);

• Newsgroups and Listservs

(the ability to subscribe, unsubscribe, and post messages to and
find messages by topic);

• File transfer
(the ability to use FTP client software)

• Telnet
(the ability to log into a remote computer ); and

• World Wide Web

5. Data Analysis:
the ability to analyze and interpret data, including the
assessment of methodological strengths and weaknesses
in the published literature;

6. Presentation:
the ability to present information effectively,
both orally and in writing.
1. Understanding of Bayesian and non-Bayesian
methods of decision analysis,

2. Meta-analysis techniques for quantitative comparison

of clinical research studies

3. Electronic hypertext publication methods

4. Principles of large-scale clinical and research

database design,

5. Methods for development and use of structured medical

vocabularies;

6. Principles for design and evaluation of Telemedicine

system
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