Startups like Coursera and Udacity similarly have developed lectures, often similar to the structure of university courses in terms of content taught.
These gifted women scientists and engineers developed lectures and visual materials that were presented at scientific events in Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico (see photo below), Brazil, Venezuela, and Argentina.
We developed lectures (four education sessions during the study period) and a viral meningitis protocol for physicians, principally the infectious diseases physicians, neurologists, pediatricians and emergency medicine doctors.
Development of training materials was reported by eight (47%); a further four (23%) reported developing lectures and exercises modules for training at all levels, whereas only three (18%) described using participatory educational methods.
The culminating experience was used to develop a lecture site and rotational experience for future fellows and current residents in Kakinada, India.
Just as departments invite faculty members to come in and give talks on technical subjects, departments should develop a lecture series aimed specifically at addressing how best to reach the local community, what outreach efforts work, and how to carry them out.
"When I first began teaching, I had absolutely no idea how to develop a lecture or build a test, let alone how to assess student performance," admits Macher, who is collaborating with Fonteyn and UCSF program co-director Cliff Attkisson in attempting to spur a paradigm shift in postdoctoral training programs.
Some of them such as The Philosophical Theory of the State and Psychology of the Moral Self were developed from lectures that he gave to adult education groups.
Their ETI skills were developed through lectures, intensive mannequin training and experience with patients in the operating room.
Lecturing with EVS is best suited to those who are confident with computer-based technology, willing to deviate from the prepared path as determined by student EVS responses, and able to put a lot of time in to developing interactive lectures.
