“CoachPod”: evaluation of an anatomy teaching podcast originally intended for learning anatomy on the move

• Autores: Robert T. Padwick, Elizabeth M. McEvoy, Daniel E. Fielding, Peter J. Gold, Laura E.A. Harrison, Narasimha N. Murthy, Chia Tsyh Tan, Stephen Brydges, Peter H. Abrahams
• Localización: European Journal of anatomy, ISSN-e 1136-4890, Vol. 18, Nº. 2, 2014, págs. 109-117
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Warwick Medical School (WMS) has no dissection facilities; students travelled by coach to the nearest medical school. The “CoachPod” is a series of podcasts designed to prepare students for dissection whilst travelling to dissection lab classes. Each podcast was filmed a week prior to each session and uploaded to the WMS website for students in the 2007 cohort (n=203). Evaluation was performed using a questionnaire with tickbox, Likert scale and free text questions. Overall response rate averaged 28%. Sixty-five percent watched the CoachPod on a computer, 34% watched it on an MP4 player, 55% viewed it at home, 31% viewed it on the coach, 26% watched each episode more than once, 83% perceived it as beneficial in aiding preparation, 51% felt the Coach was an appropriate learning environment, 90% felt they were of an appropriate length and that the anatomy was presented clearly, 89% believed the recordings were of adequate quality, 84% valued their tutors being in them, 92% enjoyed watching them, and 98% would value continued production. Suggestions for improvement were mostly on technical matters. CoachPod is considered a valuable dissection preparation tool, although it is mainly used at home and not on the move. Just-in-time preparation allowed subsequent incorporation of feedback.