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--- abstract: | Problem Statement and Background – Medical education is increasingly being conducted in community-based teaching sites making it difficult to provide a consistent curriculum. We conducted a randomized trial to assess whether digital lectures could replace live lectures. Methods – Students were randomized to either attending a lecture series at our main campus or viewing digital versions of the same lectures at community sites. Both groups completed an examination based on the lectures and the group viewing the digital lectures completed a feedback form. Results – The group who viewed the digital lectures performed slightly better than the live lecture group however the differences were not statistically significant. Despite technical problems the students who viewed the digital lectures overwhelmingly felt the digital lectures could replace live lectures. Conclusions – Digital lectures appear to be a viable alternative to live lectures as a means of delivering didactic presentations in a community-based setting. altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Solomon given: David J. honourific: '' lineage: PhD date: 2004-02 date_type: published datestamp: 2004-02-09 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/34/28 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 3428 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/3428/1/Solomon%2Dnot%2Dblinded.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: ~ issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'randomized trial, distance learning, medical education' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:28 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: ~ refereed: FALSE referencetext: |- 1. Langlois JP, Thach SB. Bringing faculty development to community-based preceptors. Acad Med 2003:78;150-5. 2. Andreae MC, Freed GL. Using a productivity-based physician compensation program at an academic health center: A case study. Acad Med 2002:77;894-899. 3. Markova, T, Roth LM. E-conferencing for Delivery of Residency Didactics. Acad Med 2002:77; 748-749. 4. Wofford MM, Spickard AW, Wofford JL. The Computer-Based Lecture. J Gen Intern Med 2001;16;464-7. 5. Mattheos N, Nattestad A, Attstrom R. Local CD-ROM in interaction with HTML documents over the Internet. Eur J Dent Educ 2000:4;124-127. 6. Curran VR, Hoekman T, Gulliver W, Landells I, Hatcher L. Web-based continuing medical education (I): Field test of a hybreid computer-mediated instructional delivery system. J Continuing Educ Health Prof 2000:20(2);97-105. relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:50:59 subjects: - cog-psy succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: A Randomized Trial Comparing Digital and Live Lecture Formats type: preprint userid: 3283 volume: ~