What is the role of e-learning? Looking past the hype.

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Dialogue series which features transcriptions of e-mail discussions focused on a current issue in the field held by two scholars who have approached the issue from different perspectives. For further details, see the editorial published in Med Educ 2012;46:826–7. In this contribution, Dr David Cook, Professor of Medicine and Medical Education and Associate Director, Mayo Clinic Online Learning, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, and Dr Marc Triola, Associate Professor and Director, Institute for Innovations in Medical Education, New York University School of Medicine, discuss the role of e-learning in medical education.