Videotape demonstration of physical examination: evaluation of its use in medical undergraduate teaching.
A videotape demonstration of the physical examination of the alimentary system was used, in place of a traditional lecture, in the first week of a teaching programme for half of a group of commencing, clinical students. At the end of the week, these students obtained higher scores than the matched controls in a clinical assessment which utilized an objective scoring-chart especially for this study.
D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D010808:Physical Examination; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014743:Videotape Recording