Understanding Pharmacology: Are YouTube Videos a Useful Learning Resource?
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Abstract
Background: An important principle in basic and clinical pharmacology is Pharmacokinetics.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate whether YouTube videos on pharmacokinetics can be a useful learning resource for medical students.
Methods: YouTube was searched from 01 November to 15 November 2013 for search terms. Only videos in the English and those matching the inclusion criteria were included. For each video, the following characteristic data were collected: title, URL, duration, number of viewers, date uploaded, and viewership per day, like, dislike, number of comments, number of video sharing, and the uploader /creator. Using a standardized criteria comprising technical, content, authority and pedagogy, three evaluators independently assessed the videos. Data were analyzed and the agreement between the evaluators was calculated using Cohen’s kappa analysis.
Results: The search identified 1460 videos. Of these, only 48 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Only 30 were classified as educationally useful videos (62.5%) scoring 13.83±0.45 (mean±SD) while the remaining 18 videos were not educationally useful (37.5%) scoring 6.48±1.64 P=0.000. The educationally useful videos were created by pharmacologists/educators 83.3% (25/30), professors from two universities 13.3% (04/30) and private tutoring body 3.3% (01/30). No correlation was found between video total score and number of like, dislike or viewership/day. The agreement between evaluators had an overall score in the range of 0.582-0.949.
Conclusions: YouTube videos on pharmacokinetics and drug elimination showed a range of variability in regard to the contents of their educational usefulness. Medical educators should be aware of the potential influence of YouTube videos may have on student’s understanding of pharmacokinetics and drug elimination.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate whether YouTube videos on pharmacokinetics can be a useful learning resource for medical students.
Methods: YouTube was searched from 01 November to 15 November 2013 for search terms. Only videos in the English and those matching the inclusion criteria were included. For each video, the following characteristic data were collected: title, URL, duration, number of viewers, date uploaded, and viewership per day, like, dislike, number of comments, number of video sharing, and the uploader /creator. Using a standardized criteria comprising technical, content, authority and pedagogy, three evaluators independently assessed the videos. Data were analyzed and the agreement between the evaluators was calculated using Cohen’s kappa analysis.
Results: The search identified 1460 videos. Of these, only 48 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Only 30 were classified as educationally useful videos (62.5%) scoring 13.83±0.45 (mean±SD) while the remaining 18 videos were not educationally useful (37.5%) scoring 6.48±1.64 P=0.000. The educationally useful videos were created by pharmacologists/educators 83.3% (25/30), professors from two universities 13.3% (04/30) and private tutoring body 3.3% (01/30). No correlation was found between video total score and number of like, dislike or viewership/day. The agreement between evaluators had an overall score in the range of 0.582-0.949.
Conclusions: YouTube videos on pharmacokinetics and drug elimination showed a range of variability in regard to the contents of their educational usefulness. Medical educators should be aware of the potential influence of YouTube videos may have on student’s understanding of pharmacokinetics and drug elimination.
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