The methodology of development of computer learning programs in higher medical education

Abstract

The medicine is weakly formalized domain, and preliminary study of knowledge structure is necessary for computerlearning programs development. Semantic network can be offered as an universal knowledge model for higher medical education. The links between nodes reflect their semantic distance. Graph theory is an adequate tool for knowledge structure investigation, and the results of one prove knowledge models for certain domains and optimal navigation through the program. The last depends on personal features of students, too. So, the basic principles for computer learning programs development in higher medical education are knowledge structure modeling and individual learning navigation.