Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 11 issue 1 2021
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities
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Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 11 issue 1 2021
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities
Subject
Emergency medicine
Online education
Podcasts
FOAMed
Asynchronous online learning
Online education
Podcasts
FOAMed
Asynchronous online learning
Description
Introduction: Global usage of educational Emergency Medicine (EM) podcasts is popular and ever-increasing. This
study aims to explore the desired content, format and delivery characteristics of a potential educational, contextspecific
Southern African EM podcast, by investigating current podcast usages, trends and preferences among
Southern African EM registrars of varying seniority.
Methods: We developed an electronic survey - using a combination of existing literature, context-specific
specialist-training guidance, and input from local experts – exploring preferred podcast characteristics among
EM registrars from four Southern African universities.
Results: The study’s response rate was 75%, with 24 of the 39 respondents being junior registrars. Ninety-four
percent (94%) of respondents used EM podcasts as an educational medium: 64% predominantly using podcasts
to supplement a personal EM study program. The primary mode of accessing podcasts was via personal
mobile devices (84%). Additionally, respondents preferred a shorter podcast duration (5–15 min), favoured
multimedia podcasts (56%) and showed an apparent aversion toward recorded faculty lectures (5%). Eighty-two
percent (82%) of respondents preferred context-specific podcast content, with popular topics including toxicology
(95%), cardiovascular emergencies (79%) and medico-legal matters (74%). Just-in-Time learning proved
an unpopular learning strategy in our study population, despite its substantial educational value.
Conclusion: Podcast-usage proved to be near-ubiquitous among the studied Southern African EM registrars.
Quintessentially, future context-specific podcast design should cater for mobile device-use, shorter duration
podcasts, more video content, context-specific topics, and content optimised for both Just-in-Time learning.
study aims to explore the desired content, format and delivery characteristics of a potential educational, contextspecific
Southern African EM podcast, by investigating current podcast usages, trends and preferences among
Southern African EM registrars of varying seniority.
Methods: We developed an electronic survey - using a combination of existing literature, context-specific
specialist-training guidance, and input from local experts – exploring preferred podcast characteristics among
EM registrars from four Southern African universities.
Results: The study’s response rate was 75%, with 24 of the 39 respondents being junior registrars. Ninety-four
percent (94%) of respondents used EM podcasts as an educational medium: 64% predominantly using podcasts
to supplement a personal EM study program. The primary mode of accessing podcasts was via personal
mobile devices (84%). Additionally, respondents preferred a shorter podcast duration (5–15 min), favoured
multimedia podcasts (56%) and showed an apparent aversion toward recorded faculty lectures (5%). Eighty-two
percent (82%) of respondents preferred context-specific podcast content, with popular topics including toxicology
(95%), cardiovascular emergencies (79%) and medico-legal matters (74%). Just-in-Time learning proved
an unpopular learning strategy in our study population, despite its substantial educational value.
Conclusion: Podcast-usage proved to be near-ubiquitous among the studied Southern African EM registrars.
Quintessentially, future context-specific podcast design should cater for mobile device-use, shorter duration
podcasts, more video content, context-specific topics, and content optimised for both Just-in-Time learning.
Creator
K. Ekambaram , H. Lamprecht , V. Lalloo , N. Caruso , A. Engelbrecht , W. Jooste
Source
www.elsevier.com/locate/afjem
Publisher
elsevier
Date
30 October 2020
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
Files
Citation
K. Ekambaram , H. Lamprecht , V. Lalloo , N. Caruso , A. Engelbrecht , W. Jooste, “Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 11 issue 1 2021
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed March 13, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2579.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed March 13, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2579.