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INTERDEPARTMENTAL SHARING OF AUDIOVISUAL TEACHING AIDS—A VALID CONCEPT?

¹From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
²From the Pregnancy Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

An audiovisual tutorial course in Obstetrics and Gynecology for third year medical students has been shared with 55 medical schools. The role of this material in departmental teaching programs was assessed, and the appropriateness of content was analyzed. The need for particular levels of content is relatively uniform. However, there is significant variation in departmental expectations regarding emphasis, relevancy, and interpretation of some subjects. There is no evidence that the use of audiovisual aids is a panacea to logistic problems of too many students, curtailed curriculum time, or scarcity of teachers. This study does affirm the concept that the board category of self-instructional materials, and specifically audiovisual aids, does not decrease faculty-student contact time without a reduction in the quality of the program. Integration with small group tutorials is essential.