Published 30 January 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b31
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b31

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How to webcast lectures and conferences

Mark A Westwood, consultant cardiologist1, Andrew S Flett, clinical research fellow2, Phil Riding, e-learning advisor3, James C Moon, consultant cardiologist1,3,4

1 Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London W1G 8PH., 2 London Chest Hospital, London E2 9JX, 3 University College London, London WC1E 6BT, 4 Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Mount Royal, NJ 08061, USA

Correspondence to: J C Moon, Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, London W1G 8PH james.moon@uclh.nhs.uk

This article describes how doctors with little previous experience have approached the recording and online broadcasting of talks and conferences

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Being unable to attend a key talk or conference can be frustrating. But it is now technically straightforward, with computer software, for anyone to record presentations as a movie for permanent access on the internet. Such recordings can act as an invaluable library and learning resource long after the event is over. They greatly increase the potential reach of a message, aiding medical education, research, and the originators—think YouTube for medicine—as well as potentially reducing the relative carbon footprint and cost of medical education.

The software required is widely available and cheap—even free—and the only additional kit needed is a digital dictaphone with a microphone. Distribution of the recorded talks on the internet is also cheap and increasingly simple, and may be supported by the local hospital or university’s information technology department. In this article, we share our experience of recording 10 conferences in our field—cardiovascular magnetic resonance—ranging from a . . . [Full text of this article]


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