Anthropomorphic Character Animations Versus Digital Chalk Talks in a Resident Diabetes Pharmacotherapy Curriculum: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Animation in medical education has boomed over the past two decades, and demand for distance learning technologies will likely continue in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, experimental data guiding best practices for animation in medical education are scarce.

Objective

To compare the efficacy of two animated video styles in a diabetes pharmacotherapy curriculum for internal medicine residents.

Design

Learners were randomized to receive one of two versions of the same multimodal didactic curriculum. They received identical lectures, group activities, and quizzes, but were randomized to either digital chalk talk (DCT) videos or Sugar-Coated Science (SCS). SCS is an animated series using anthropomorphic characters, stories, and mnemonics to commu

SUBMITTER: Brown B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9202980 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature