Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Medical Education
Date Submitted: Nov 24, 2018
Open Peer Review Period: Dec 3, 2018 - Jan 28, 2019
Date Accepted: May 14, 2019
(closed for review but you can still tweet)
Understanding the use and perceived impact of a medical podcast: A qualitative study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Podcasts are increasingly produced for medical education, yet their use and perceived impact in informal educational settings is under-studied.
Objective:
We explored how and why physicians and medical learners listen to The Rounds Table (TRT), a medical podcast, and the perceived impact on learning and practice.
Methods:
Web-based podcast analytics were used to collect TRT usage statistics. Seventeen medical TRT listeners were then identified and interviewed through purposive and convenience sampling using a semi-structured guide and a thematic analysis, sampling until theoretical sufficiency.
Results:
Four themes relating to podcast listenership were identified: 1) Participants felt that TRT increased efficiency, allowing them to multi-task, predominantly using mobile listening platforms. 2) Participants listened to the podcast for both education and entertainment, or “edutainment”, and 3) participants felt the podcast helped them keep up to date with medical literature. 4) TRT was felt to indirectly affect learning and clinical practice by increasing overall knowledge.
Conclusions:
Our results highlight how a medical podcast designed for continuing professional development is often used informally to promote learning. These findings enhance our understanding of how and why listeners engage with a medical podcast and may be used to inform the development and evaluation of other podcasts.
Citation
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