A timer sits on the top of the screen clicking away the minutes. Before quitting, the user can download scores to a floppy for CME credit. In areas where I have clinical familiarity, such as trauma and wound care, I found the questions of appropriate depth and relevancy. Design and layout are elegant, and navigation is intuitive. Aside from one small bug, the software ran flawlessly.
T here is room for improvement.
X-ray resolution and exposure are dismal. While most of the multimedia elements are well constructed and educational, some are more clever than instructive. The screen that lets one calculate percentage of whole body burn by clicking on ages and body parts, for example, could use an audio clip to summarize and direct the user's attention. I miss not having access to all multimedia separate from the questions, a search engine to select out groups of questions rather than depend on the categories provided, and the ability to randomly generate questions. I suspect this software has many advantages over the print version, which may encourage purchase by surgeons who might otherwise avoid computers.