Effectiveness of slide tapes for instructing medical students in oral rehydration therapy

Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) can save the lives of children suffering from diarrheal-induced dehydration. During the last five years major efforts have been made to train community health care personnel and mothers in developing countries in the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT). However, efforts to train physicians in the community-based use of ORT have lagged behind. This paper reports the evaluation of a slide-tape show designed to teach Colombian medical students in Bogotá both technical information and culturally appropriate non-scientific ORT terminology to educate mothers in the local community.