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Volume VIII, Number 2 |
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U N I V E R S I T Y O F P I T T S B U R G H |
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Volume VIII, Number 2 |
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Use of Digital Video
Images to Teach and Assess Visual Diagnosis in Pediatrics In the medical field of pediatrics, physicians must possess unerring visual diagnostic skills. The optimal methods for teaching these skills are a critical, but currently under explored, area of medical education. With his project, Use of Digital Video Images to Teach and Assess Visual Diagnosis in Pediatrics, Phillip Kaleida, a member of the Division of General Academic Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, is developing a unique educational tool that will enhance the teaching and assessment of students’ skills. Motivated by his strong interest in education, Kaleida’s ultimate goal is to videotape various clinical scenarios in order to produce a series of video teaching and testing modules on a variety of core topics. Specifically, the award will assist him in developing the proposed module on normal infant development, a fundamental topic in pediatrics. This teaching tool will help students gain greater competency and diagnostic skills within the field of pediatrics. Kaleida says, “The videos will demonstrate specific findings to students. When we can actually see patients, it makes much more of an impact than when we simply go home and read about a particular problem.” Also, the project will provide cutting-edge tools to teach physical diagnosis while utilizing principles of adult learning theory, something Kaleida says is “very relevant and highly adaptable to general pediatrics.” Kaleida believes that “Students these days tend to go first to the computer to learn because there are many good resources available online.” When completed, the module will give medical students access to patient-based teaching to help them develop their problem-solving and self-inquiry skills. “This video-based tool will allow students to learn at a time and place of their choice,” Kaleida explains. Kaleida notes another important benefit of the project: “It facilitates
competency assessment.” There is a move toward this among members of
the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)—a national
accrediting agency. He anticipates that this teaching tool will assist
in the assessment not just of students’ book knowledge but also of their
clinical competency in certain areas. Kaleida hopes the project will
have broad impact. “There is the potential for many different levels
of users – pediatric practitioners, residents, medical students and
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