A PODCASTS-BASED INFORMATION PORTAL FOR CONTINUOUS MEDICAL EDUCATION
podcast is an audio or video file which is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on demand. Most major medical journals and organizations provide free podcast feeds which can be downloaded to a personal computer or/and an MP3 player. The usefulness of such approach for continuous medical education may deserve further investigation.
MethodsWe used a Google.com personalized page to create a medical podcast portal which compiled information from 5 sources: The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet, Johns Hopkins Medicine and The Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education. The audio files were collected on one easy-to-scan page which updates itself automatically whenever a new podcast was published. All 28 academic hospitalists at a large tertiary care center were granted access to the podcasts and asked to use them. An anonymous survey comprised of 9 questions with a 5-point Likert scale (5-1, strongly agree-strongly disagree) was designed to evaluate the perceived usefulness of the podcasts and was distributed to its users.ResultsForty three percent of the users (12 of 28) completed the questionnaire, 100% of them rated the podcast portal as useful and easy-to-use, 92% thought that they changed the way they learn in a positive way. All users claimed the podcasts were helping them to stay up-to-date with the new developments in medicine.
Conclusion Downloadable portable audio files (podcasts) may be a convenient way to provide continuous medical education for health professionals.

V. Dimov 1*, K. Uzunova-Dimova 2, A. Kumar 1, A. Rajamanickam 1, S. Randhawa 3, S. Noor 1, A. Usmani 1,1 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, U.S.A, 2 Private practice, Cleveland, OH 44140, U.S.A., 3 Private practice, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308, U.S.A.

Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News

Week of June 22, 2007

This week's topics include a closer look at diabetes and its impact on our healthcare system, including a discussion of several recent studies.
Program notes:
0:10 Diabetes 0:23 Recent data on cost of diabetes 1:10 Two types of diabetes 2:23 Mortality related to diabetes and prediabetes 3:44 Impaired glucose tolerance 4:03 How long does condition exist? 6:40 Aggressive treatment needed 7:42 All cause mortality 8:05 Women die more often 9:08 Maybe women aren't as aggressively treated 9:53 Rosaglitazone use10:49 Medication review

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http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Podcasts.html

Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News

Johns Hopkins Medicine is pleased to present its health and medicine podcast, a lively discussion of the week’s medical news and how it may affect you. This five to seven-minute free program features Rick Lange, M.D., chief of clinical cardiology, and Elizabeth Tracey, director of the Hopkins Health NewsFeed, a radio news service program.

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http://feeds.feedburner.com/jhmpodcast

Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News

Johns Hopkins Medicine is pleased to present its health and medicine podcast, a lively discussion of the week’s medical news and how it may affect you. This five to seven-minute free program features Rick Lange, M.D., chief of clinical cardiology, and Elizabeth Tracey, director of the Hopkins Health NewsFeed, a radio news service program.

SEEM LINK BELOW :
News Roundup, Week of May 25th
http://feeds.feedburner.com/jhmpodcast