%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of the impact of printed matter, video, and multimedia on the learning/teaching process in tropical diseases
%A SARMENTO E SOUZA
%A M. F.
%A CATANEO
%A A.
%A BARRAVIERA
%A B.
%J Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins
%D 2001
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0104-79302001000200009
%X this study evaluated the impact of printed matter, video, and multimedia on the learning/teaching process in tropical diseases. eighty-four of 90 fourth-year medical students at botucatu school of medicine of unesp were evaluated. the students received a kit containing a textbook, a video, and a cd-rom on the clinical study of tetanus to prepare a seminar on the subject. they were then asked to complete a questionnaire, which led to the following conclusions: 67.86% read the textbook, 91.66% watched the video, and 77.38% explored the cd-rom. these results were obtained observing the total number of students using each different media. when asked which of these media contributed most, the cd-rom came out on top. the authors stress that this learning teaching process motivated the students by opening possibilities for new teaching alternatives in medicine.
%K medical education
%K tropical diseases
%K multimedia
%K video
%K printed matter.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-79302001000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en