EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF PRINTED MATTER, VIDEO, AND MULTIMEDIA ON THE LEARNING/TEACHING PROCESS IN TROPICAL DISEASES

M. F. SARMENTO E SOUZA(1,3), A. CATANEO(4), B. BARRAVIERA(2,3)

(1)Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Marília, SP, Brasil; (2)Departamento de Doenças Tropicais e Diagnóstico por Imagem, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brasil; (3)Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brasil; (4)Departamento de Gestão e Tecnologia Agroindustrial, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the impact of printed matter, video, and multimedia on the learning/teaching process in Tropical Diseases. Eighty-four of 90 fourth-year medical students at Botucatu School of Medicine of UNESP were evaluated. The students received a kit containing a textbook, a video, and a CD-ROM on the Clinical Study of Tetanus to prepare a seminar on the subject. They were then asked to complete a questionnaire, which led to the following conclusions: 67.86% read the textbook, 91.66% watched the video, and 77.38% explored the CD-ROM. These results were obtained observing the total number of students using each different media. When asked which of these media contributed most, the CD-ROM came out on top. The authors stress that this learning teaching process motivated the students by opening possibilities for new teaching alternatives in medicine.

KEY WORDS: medical education, tropical diseases, multimedia, video, printed matter.

CORRESPONDENCE TO:

M. F. SARMENTO E SOUZA - R. Cardoso de Almeida, 1431, CEP 18600-005, Botucatu, SP, Brasil  Email fsarmento@cevap.org.br