The uptake of podcasting and portable media players amongst UK medical students.

摘要

There is an increasing drive in medical education to utilize technology to augment teaching and learning. Portable media players facilitate the accessibility of materials and allow e-learning whilst away from desk-based computers. Audio and video podcasts are becoming more popular as bandwidth increases, allowing for larger files such as videos to be used. Teaching videos are not novel, but the availability of portable media players allows ubiquitous consumption. Studies have previously demonstrated the effectiveness of audio podcasts as a teaching medium (Atreja et al. 2008; Shantikumar 2009). An anonymous questionnaire was designed to probe the knowledge and use of podcasting among medical students.