Evaluation of the impact of printed matter, video, and multimedia on the learning/teaching process in tropical diseases

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.