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Utilization of Moderate-Duration Summary Podcasts Compared to Long-Duration Podcasts for Psychiatry Education by Canadian Pre-clerkship Medical Students

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The ideal length of podcasts for undergraduate medical education is unclear. Although many medical schools post full-lecture podcast recordings, there is increasing evidence that podcasts of shorter duration may be… Click to show full abstract

The ideal length of podcasts for undergraduate medical education is unclear. Although many medical schools post full-lecture podcast recordings, there is increasing evidence that podcasts of shorter duration may be a more effective educational tool. Data on podcast utilization for psychiatry education in particular remain limited. This study aimed to compare traffic statistics (views and downloads) of both moderate- and long-duration podcasts. Resident-driven, 5- to 15-min, moderate-duration audiovisual podcasts (“summary podcasts”) were created to supplement the existing full-lecture podcast recordings (“long podcasts”) during the 22-day University of Calgary medical school pre-clerkship psychiatry curriculum from November to December 2019. The authors compared traffic statistics including number of views and downloads of summary podcasts against long podcasts. Six lectures during the curriculum had both long podcasts and summary podcasts available to students. Overall, there was no statistically significant difference between the mean combined views and downloads of the summary podcasts compared to the long podcasts. When looking at views and downloads across the span of the curriculum, the long podcasts were predominantly accessed in the days following the lecture, with the summary podcasts being accessed more frequently in the days preceding the final examination. This study suggests that both long podcasts and summary podcasts were accessed by students. The differing patterns of when each type of podcast was accessed may indicate a preference for the summary podcasts being used as review tools, rather than as a primary means of learning the material.

Keywords: long podcasts; summary podcasts; duration; psychiatry education; views downloads

Journal Title: Academic Psychiatry
Year Published: 2021

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