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Published on: October 3, 2016
On teaching bedside diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to medical students: an annotated bibliography of
1University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison.
Objective:
The teaching of procedures that involve risk of pain or morbidity deserves special care. The author set out to develop a teaching program for medical students to ensure quality control of bedside diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Design:
A bibliography of available videotapes and related audiovisual teaching materials on 15 common bedside procedures was assembled following requests for materials from all U.S. medical schools. Audiovisual materials from nine institutions were reviewed.
Setting:
Medical schools and teaching institutions.
Participants:
Medical schools and libraries.
Main Results:
Seventy-three percent (24/33) of responding schools had no visual material on the procedures. There was ten times more material on physical diagnosis than on bedside procedures. About 20 videotapes were reviewed in an annotated bibliography. Some videos contained valuable insights on how to make good teaching materials. A set of criteria for quality videotapes is listed.
Conclusions:
Considerable work needs to be done to develop audiovisual materials and curricula for teaching bedside procedures. Videotape is a valuable medium for introducing procedures and ensuring uniformity of technique. After reviewing all available videotapes, the author decided that videotapes should be the initial part of a multidimensional program for teaching procedures.
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