An analysis of lecture video utilization in undergraduate medical education: associations with performance in the courses

Background Increasing numbers of medical schools are providing videos of lectures to their students. This study sought to analyze utilization of lecture videos by medical students in their basic science courses and to determine if student utilization was associated with performance on exams. Methods...

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Vydáno v:BMC medical education Ročník 9; číslo 1; s. 6
Hlavní autoři: McNulty, John A, Hoyt, Amy, Gruener, Gregory, Chandrasekhar, Arcot, Espiritu, Baltazar, Price, Ron, Naheedy, Ross
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London BioMed Central 27.01.2009
BioMed Central Ltd
BMC
Témata:
Analysis
Education
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Educational Measurement
Humans
Lecture method in teaching
Medical Education
Methods
Program Evaluation
Research Article
Teaching - methods
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
United States
Audio File
Medical Curriculum
Exam Score
Individual Student
Medical Student
ISSN:1472-6920, 1472-6920
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Shrnutí:Background Increasing numbers of medical schools are providing videos of lectures to their students. This study sought to analyze utilization of lecture videos by medical students in their basic science courses and to determine if student utilization was associated with performance on exams. Methods Streaming videos of lectures (n = 149) to first year and second year medical students (n = 284) were made available through a password-protected server. Server logs were analyzed over a 10-week period for both classes. For each lecture, the logs recorded time and location from which students accessed the file. A survey was administered at the end of the courses to obtain additional information about student use of the videos. Results There was a wide disparity in the level of use of lecture videos by medical students with the majority of students accessing the lecture videos sparingly (60% of the students viewed less than 10% of the available videos. The anonymous student survey revealed that students tended to view the videos by themselves from home during weekends and prior to exams. Students who accessed lecture videos more frequently had significantly (p < 0.002) lower exam scores. Conclusion We conclude that videos of lectures are used by relatively few medical students and that individual use of videos is associated with the degree to which students are having difficulty with the subject matter.
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ISSN:1472-6920
1472-6920
DOI:10.1186/1472-6920-9-6