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Available videoconferencing freeware and medical education
BACKGROUND: Traditionally medical education involves classroom teaching, small group discussions and bed-side clinics. These have become difficult to conduct in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Video-conferencing software and apps provide pragmatic alternatives for medical education in this scenario....
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989470/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33776289 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_122_20 |
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author | Chail, Amit Chatterjee, Kaushik Chauhan, Vinay Singh Prakash, Jyoti |
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description | BACKGROUND: Traditionally medical education involves classroom teaching, small group discussions and bed-side clinics. These have become difficult to conduct in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Video-conferencing software and apps provide pragmatic alternatives for medical education in this scenario. However, the apps are not designed specifically for medical education. In this background, we aimed to review available video-conferencing freeware (platforms/apps) for their suitability in imparting post-graduate medical education. METHODOLOGY: Software and apps were searched on Android and iOS platforms. Freeware were selected based on pre-defined criteria. They were evaluated for features supporting post-graduate medical education like participant numbers, time limit, user comfort and security features. RESULTS: Our search yielded 118 video conferencing software and apps. Of these, 07 free apps met the initial inclusion and exclusion criteria. 'Say Namaste' was included post-hoc. Most apps allowed adequate numbers of participants and were comfortable for users. Only two apps had end-to-end encryption. CONCLUSION: Video-conferencing freeware can serve as a viable alternative for some aspects of medical teaching. Provision of certain additional features would make these apps more effective for post-graduate medical education. |
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spelling | pubmed-79894702021-03-26 Available videoconferencing freeware and medical education Chail, Amit Chatterjee, Kaushik Chauhan, Vinay Singh Prakash, Jyoti Ind Psychiatry J Contemporary Issue BACKGROUND: Traditionally medical education involves classroom teaching, small group discussions and bed-side clinics. These have become difficult to conduct in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Video-conferencing software and apps provide pragmatic alternatives for medical education in this scenario. However, the apps are not designed specifically for medical education. In this background, we aimed to review available video-conferencing freeware (platforms/apps) for their suitability in imparting post-graduate medical education. METHODOLOGY: Software and apps were searched on Android and iOS platforms. Freeware were selected based on pre-defined criteria. They were evaluated for features supporting post-graduate medical education like participant numbers, time limit, user comfort and security features. RESULTS: Our search yielded 118 video conferencing software and apps. Of these, 07 free apps met the initial inclusion and exclusion criteria. 'Say Namaste' was included post-hoc. Most apps allowed adequate numbers of participants and were comfortable for users. Only two apps had end-to-end encryption. CONCLUSION: Video-conferencing freeware can serve as a viable alternative for some aspects of medical teaching. Provision of certain additional features would make these apps more effective for post-graduate medical education. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7989470/ /pubmed/33776289 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_122_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Contemporary Issue Chail, Amit Chatterjee, Kaushik Chauhan, Vinay Singh Prakash, Jyoti Available videoconferencing freeware and medical education |
title | Available videoconferencing freeware and medical education |
title_full | Available videoconferencing freeware and medical education |
title_fullStr | Available videoconferencing freeware and medical education |
title_full_unstemmed | Available videoconferencing freeware and medical education |
title_short | Available videoconferencing freeware and medical education |
title_sort | available videoconferencing freeware and medical education |
topic | Contemporary Issue |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989470/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33776289 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_122_20 |
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