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MULTIMEDIA IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

The spectacular advancements in the field of medical education in the recent decades have been largely possible because of the application of Multimedia. Multimedia education allows one to proceed at one’s own pace. In addition, multimedia has the special capacity of interactivity and it achieves its greatness through its interaction. The word interaction from its Latin origin describes a mutual dealing between two or more people. If we apply the same word to computer, interaction means that program execution depends on the user’s input. According to Sansot (1985), interactivity seems to designate “.... Rather an instrumental relationship between humans and machines under control of a request for information”. In this perspective, interactivity is bound to the field of human-to-machine interactions. Multimedia software allows educational developers to orchestrate and direct the combination of text, graphics, and animation, audio and video images into highly interactive program. The user of multimedia is able to decide what information should be narrated by the newscaster and in what sequence. The control of the programme is with the user by pressing a key or clicking a button or touching a screen. The books we read the content we write and the televisions we watch are not in an interactive way. With the inclusion of a keyboard and a mouse, a computer can easily accept user’s input. Here, the user is allowed to take control of programme execution. When the user clicks hotspot, it will display another file or in the programme i.e., linked file, which can be a sound file, a digital video clip or image file with new information. In this way, a personal computer is becoming the interactive multimedia machine of today. Modern medical education faces new challenges as the attitude of the health care delivery system transforms. These educational challenges are particularly felt in the teaching of surgery. The Interactive Multimedia utilizes rich media objects and high-resolution videos to overcome modern didactic challenges. It integrates digital video, 3-D models, self-assessment tools and generates a dynamic learning environment encompassing core surgery topics. The interface designed to focus on a narrative timeline that provides students with a familiar metaphor for interacting with the learning objects. In this article, the author mainly highlights the application of Multimedia in teaching and research in the field of medical education, which can lead to a better learning in medical sciences.