Computer literacy in today's medical center environment

Abstract

The need for computer literacy is becoming increasingly important across the broad scope of the American work scene. At the Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center (WHMC) numerous computer systems have been introduced into the operational environment. Training for these systems has been restricted primarily to transaction processing and routine report generation for those actually involved as users of these systems. WHMC has developed and implemented a broad computer literacy program designed generally to raise the computer literacy of the overall staff, and specifically to inform executive and middle management of the general capabilities of the computer systems. The program consists of a brown-bag lunchtime videotape theater on a series of computer-related subjects as well as formal classes developed in a modular format. Each formal class is tailored to the specific needs of the target executive or middle-management group.