title: Teaching contraception: an interactive presentation using managing contraception.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our purpose was to determine whether an interactive medical student contraceptive teaching session results in improved knowledge gain or satisfaction when compared with a standard, didactic lecture.
  
  
  METHODS
  An interactive lecture was compared with a standard lecture among third-year medical students at Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine and Medical College of Georgia. Knowledge gain was assessed by comparing correct responses to a posttest with the students' own responses to the same questions given as a pretest before the lecture. Satisfaction with the lecture was assessed on a visual analog scale. Scores and satisfaction ratings were compared within and between lecture groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 150 students participated. There was a significant increase in test scores within both the interactive and standard groups ( P < .0001 for both groups). The change in scores did not differ significantly between the groups ( P = .087). Although overall satisfaction was significantly greater with the standard lecture ( P = .004), it was high with both lectures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowledge gain with the interactive lecture was equivalent to that with the standard lecture. Satisfaction with both learning formats was high.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. ccwiak@emory.edu
authors.forename: Carrie A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cwiak
authors.forename: Alison B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hatcher
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zieman
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Emmons
authors.forename: Iqbal M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003267:Contraception; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009922:Oregon; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching