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With user's manual, 11 pp. By Owen Epstein, G. David Perkin, David P. de Bono, and John Cookson. System requirements: Multimedia IBM PC or compatible computer with 8 MB RAM. (Also available for Macintosh System 7.0 with 4 MB RAM.) St. Louis, Mosby, 1998. $69.95. ISBN 0-7234-2184-6.

Becoming a physician involves the acquisition of both knowledge and skills. With the ever-increasing emphasis on the accumulation of facts, some may doubt that recent medical school graduates have adequate basic skills. In this era of high-technology diagnosis, the often-heard statement that "the patient's history and physical examination provide over 90 percent of the information needed to arrive at a correct diagnosis" may soon become obsolete. Would any intern risk diagnosing lobar pneumonia or ankylosing spondylitis solely on the basis of the history and physical examination? It is paradoxical, then, that high technology — in the form of an interactive . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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