An electronic filing cabinet for "classic" articles and other teaching materials: something old, something new

Acad Psychiatry. 2004 Summer;28(2):140-3. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.28.2.140.

Abstract

Objective: "Classic" articles remain an important resource in teaching psychiatry. But, such materials are often buried in a faculty member's filing cabinet, effectively lost in today's world of instant access. We attempt to recover these materials through a marriage of traditional reading lists and contemporary technology.

Method: The authors created a sharable electronic filing cabinet to store frequently used teaching materials.

Conclusion: An electronic filing cabinet can organize teaching materials and increase efficiency in teaching.

MeSH terms

  • Electronic Data Processing / organization & administration*
  • Faculty, Medical*
  • Humans
  • Information Systems / organization & administration
  • Literature*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Psychiatry / education*
  • Software
  • Teaching Materials*