為了改進傳統醫學教育上的問題，我們設計了一套互動式教學系統－HINTS (Health Information Network Tutorial System)。在HINTS系統中我們提供了代理人的機制，不但告訴學生如何操作這套系統，當學生面臨學習上的問題時，適時的給予提示。並提供討論區和線上即時通訊的功讓學生互相討論醫學學習上所面臨的問題以及彼此分享學習上的心得。
此外，為了解決教案資料日益增多的問題Hints系統採用教案資料搜尋的方式，讓使用者輸入其感興趣的文字，在透過Hints Search Engine將符合使用者輸入文字的教案篩選出來，讓使用者瀏覽此教案。
透過上述所介紹的功能我們期望學生提高他們的學習興趣及效果，以提高學生的學習效果。在未來，也希望可以進而將HINTS系統應用到各種不同領域的教學上。

In order to improve the traditional medical education, we design and implement an interactive learning system - HINTS (Health Information Network Tutorial System). The system is used in the pediatrics department of Cheng-Kung University Hospital. HINTS provides the agent system that not only tells the students how to use the system, but also gives them hints timely. Through the discussion forum and the instant messenger, the students can discuss the issues and share the attainments with each other. Furthermore, HINTS provides a search engine to find the cases matched with the search string the students specified.
In this paper, we demonstrate how HINTS makes the learning more interesting and effective. We believe that the system can be applied to not only the medical education, but also other fields with a similar discipline in the future.

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