In this article we investigate and compare the usefulness of different mobile, wireless devices for use in interactive classroom sessions. Conventional lectures, especially in large lecture halls, face fundamental didactic problems: There is a lack of interaction, it is difficult for the lecturer to deal with individual questions, and it is not easy to maintain a high level of attention. In ord...

eChalk is a software system that transforms an electronic whiteboard into a teaching tool simulating a traditional chalkboard. In addition to writing and drawings, the electronic chalkboard handles a wide range of multimedia enhancements. These may be used to enliven the lessons by visualization, allowing the system to surpass the didactic potentials of the traditional chalkboard. In order to u...

BACKGROUND Performance on the Orthopaedic In-training Examination (OITE) has been correlated with performance on the written portion of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery examination. Herein we sought to discover whether adding a regular pediatric didactic lecture improved residents' performance on the OITE's pediatric domain. METHODS In 2012, a didactic lecture series was started in t...

OBJECTIVES Rotating residents represent a significant proportion of housestaff in academic emergency departments (EDs), yet they rarely receive targeted didactic education during their emergency medicine (EM) rotations. The goals of this study were: 1) to determine the effectiveness of an online didactic curriculum in improving EM knowledge among rotating residents and 2) to assess rotating res...

OBJECTIVE Visually estimated blood loss has long been known to be imprecise, inaccurate, and often underestimated, which may lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment. Our purpose is to determine whether a brief didactic course can improve visually estimated blood loss and whether prior clinical experience influences estimation of blood loss. METHODS Reconstituted whole blood was obtained from ...

1309 June 2014 W ILLIAM Osler, M.D. (1849–1919; Physicianin-Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland), the Canadian physician often called the “Father of Modern Medicine,” has been credited with the creation of 20th century medical education. What may have arguably been Osler’s most radical and important contributi...

Introduction Mental health disparities based on minority racial status are well characterized, including inequities in access, symptom severity, diagnosis, and treatment. For African Americans, racism may affect mental health through factors such as poverty and segregation, which have operated since slavery. While the need to address racism in medical training has been recognized, there are few...

Recording live lectures has proven to be a fast and efficient way of creating content for e-learning (Lauer & Ottmann, 2002). This content can be used in a number of ways ranging from simply augmenting a lecture to profoundly changing its didactic setting. See (Mertens et al., 2004 a) for an overview. A number of application scenarios aim for replacing the lecture in its traditional form by mor...

OBJECTIVES The authors conducted a randomised controlled trial of four pedagogical methods commonly used to deliver teamwork training and measured the effects of each method on the acquisition of student teamwork knowledge, skills, and attitudes. METHODS The authors recruited 203 senior nursing students and 235 fourth-year medical students (total N = 438) from two major universities for a 1-d...

BACKGROUND Didactic lecture is the oldest and most commonly used method of teaching. In addition, it is considered one of the most efficient ways to disseminate theories, ideas, and facts. Many critics feel that lectures are an obsolete method to use when students need to perform hands-on activities, which is an everyday need in the study of medicine. This study evaluates students' perceptions ...