100| Digital Methods of Education and Training in Neuropsychology
Navigating Neuropsychology
Bodcast and Other Digital Methods - The Pros and Cons
Pocas easily cross international borders, which facilitates widespread sharing of information. There is a growing literature on learning outcomes of podcast in the six audio only studies that tested medical students and residence before and after listening to podcast. All six reported that there was a statistically significant improvement in test scores after listening to the educational pod casts. People who are deaf or have significant hearing loss will obviously not benefit from audio only media. While podcast can be engaging, their on the go accessibility puts learners at risk for lapses of attention,. And they might avoid podcasts for this reason. So now let's talk about the evidence for using podcasts in education and training of medical professionals.
