Teaching
From Clinfowiki
Any of the above mentioned interaction models can be enhanced by offering a "teaching mode" to the user. Such a mode would allow the system to "explain" its reasoning to the clinician. In a landmark article, Teach and Shortliffe stated that the ability of a system to "explain" its reasoning was one of the key factors in clinician acceptance of decision support systems [Teach, 1981]. Since that time many systems have been successfully deployed without this capability, although system developers are still encouraged to provide it when possible. Many developers skirt this issue by citing a scientific journal article or displaying the actual rules (along with the patient's data values) the system used to reach the conclusion.
- Teach RL, Shortliffe EH. An analysis of physician attitudes regarding computer-based clinical consultation systems. Comput Biomed Res 1981 Dec;14(6):542-58