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The Effectiveness of Streaming Video on Medical Student Learning: A Case Study
Medical Education Online, 08/20/09

Bridge PD et al. – Information technology helps meet today’s medical students’ needs by providing multiple curriculum delivery methods. Video streaming is an e–learning technology that uses the Internet to deliver curriculum while giving the student control of the content’s delivery. There have been few studies conducted on the effectiveness of streaming video in medical schools. A 5–year retrospective study was conducted using three groups of students to determine if the availability of streaming video in Years 1–2 of the basic science curriculum affected overall Step 1 scores for firsttime test–takers. The results demonstrated a positive effect on program outcomes as streaming video became more readily available to students. Based on these findings, streaming video technology seems to be a viable tool to complement in–class delivery methods, to accommodate the needs of medical students, and to provide options for meeting the challenges of delivering the undergraduate medical curriculum. Further studies need to be conducted to continue validating the effectiveness of streaming video technology.

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