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Technology in medical education

Two events today struck me as symbolic of the apathy I see about using technology in medical education.

The Teaching with Technology Committee cancelled one day of the two day conference on teaching with technology because there were very few people who registered. This was meant to showcase and give faculty an opportunity to use key educational technology available on our campus.

CBC posted this "A young student in Ottawa fields an unusual question in class from a fellow student in Africa: where do you keep your cows and goats? In Snow Lake, Man., a young teen's essay on AIDS receives praise from a nurse in Botswana. And a Winnipeg student's animated rendering of a calculus problem generates comments from students around the world." http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/school-multimedia.html

We as medical educators are so far behind that I wonder if we can ever catch up to what is happening in education.

Posted by Deirdre on March 7, 2007 10:43 AM |

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Education and technology are no longer two different fields, they've integrated into one. Today, individuals are not educated if they dont know how to use the basic functions of a computer. I work in the marketing for education business and see technology and education being integrated on a daily basis. One of our companies websites, http://www.careersandeducation.com, is a site designed to help those who are interested in learning about different degrees and careers. How does one access this valuable information without knowing how to use a computer or the internet. They dont, and he or she would be at a monumental loss!

Posted by: Stephen Cook | March 12, 2007 03:57 PM

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