title: The visiting lectureship in radiology: an evaluation.
abstract: This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of didactic lectures in radiology by visiting faculty. Residents attending a lecture given by a visiting professor of radiology were subjected to a pre- and postlecture test on the contents of the lecture. Results indicated substantial gain in base knowledge of the subject material. Other studies indicate that increasing medical knowledge through lectures is of debatable effectiveness. This study indicates significant information transfer when short-term retention was tested. The level of retention was independent of the two sites of training and independent of level of training.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*