Once the initial system is purchased and installed, the updating of materials and data is quick, easy and efficient. Those involved in the development of such packages would include computer literate research assistants, ideally though not necessarily with a health care background. These would be under the guidance of an experienced educator. Self assessment will have measurable benefits in terms of time saved for academic staff in marking and feeding back to students on their work. For the student there are the added benefits of rapid feedback, and the reduced need for having to access their lecturers after each stage of a piece of work being completed.
Nursing is an holistic discipline.
Addressing these may be easily included in the package, and are likely to represent the higher level discursive and analytical domains. Factors such as health screening and genogram related questions may, through a lifestyle assessment, indicate areas for development of health education or further investigation. This may be related to the example given earlier of triage within a hospital emergency department. A study by Anderson in 1987 confirmed measurable differences between the control groups progress with that of the group subjected to planned preparation for their treatments. The author reported significantly less anxiety in the experimental group, increased belief in control over recovery and lower incidence of hypertension than the control group.