Educational Technology-Benefits and Barriers

Authors

Elizabeth A. Nelson MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Stephen Fath PhD, UT Medical School at Houston
Britta Thompson PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Anna Moses MEd

Publication Date

April 2007

Abstract

Statement of Problem: The second background paper for the Medical School Objective Project (MSOP), defined Educational Technology (ET) as the use of information technology to facilitate student’s learning.1 Medical schools as a group have made limited progress in accomplishing the recommended educational technology goals and there had been much greater use of such technology in basic sciences courses than in clinical clerkships. We will explore the positive and negative implications of incorporating ET into the educational experience of TMC schools. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Keywords

education technology, medical education

Comments

Abstract #49.

Recommended Citation

Nelson, Elizabeth A. MD; Fath, Stephen PhD; Thompson, Britta PhD; and Moses, Anna MEd, "Educational Technology-Benefits and Barriers" (2007). Advances in Teaching and Learning Day Abstracts. 48.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthshis_atldayabs/48