Automated continuing education and patient education.

This article discusses the use of a computer network to provide instruction for health care providers and patients and provides examples of screens from the educational modules developed for the project. The continuing nursing education and patient education modules were developed as a portion of the components for KARENET (Kellogg Affiliated Remote Environments Network), linking rural Morton, Texas, and the Health Sciences Center at Lubbock, Texas. Both health care providers and patient participants are benefiting from knowledge provided by the methodology of CAI/CMI provided by the network.