Broadband learning for doctors

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1403

BMJ 2006;332:1403-1404 (17 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1403

Editorial

Broadband learning for doctors

Has huge potential but needs funding for high quality content

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Broadband internet has finally come of age. It's changing theway we listen to music and radio, and it means we can watchtelevision on demand. What could broadband internet do for medicaleducation?

Early signs suggest that rapid change is underway, led by thelearners. In the United States 14% of the credit hours for continuousmedical education in 2004 were obtained online, double the figurefor two years before.¹ In this country BMJ Learning has tappedinto this demand, attracting more than 60 000 registered usersin less than three years.²

Broadband could offer learners in medicine the next generationof online learning: the prospect of high quality interactivevideo and audio alongside traditional text and photographs.Audiovisual materials would bring many advantages: they areeasy to watch, add realism, and can enable learning of proceduraland interpersonal skills. Younger doctors are digital nativesand will increasingly . . . [Full text of this article]

James Johnson, chairman of BMA Council, Stella Dutton, chief executive officer, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

BMA House, London WC1H 9JR

Edward Briffa, project manager, BMJ broadband learning

BMA House, London WC1H 9JR
(ebriffa@bmj.com)

Dame Carol Black, president

Royal College of Physicians of London, London NW1 4LE

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