Podcasting: A Roadmap to the Future of Medical Education

Summary: Podcasts, portable digital audio files that usually are listened to on a smartphone or MP3 player, have become a potent medium for medical education. Medical podcasting has become more sophisticated over the past decade as the producers of this material experiment and adapt the format. At the same time, production of podcasting has shifted from being a part of traditional medical educational venues such as journals and medical school curricula to organic digital education, individuals operating outside of, or parallel to, the traditional medical educational system.
Source: Seminars in Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research