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Title:

YouTube Medical School; An Online Medical School

Name:
Eugene Sherry*
Patrick H Warnke°
Sureshan Sivananthan°

Organization:
Sydney Private Hospital*
Ashfield
NSW 2131
Australia
Bond Medical School°
Robina
Queensland 4229
Australia

Purpose:
There has been a rapid expansion of medical schools in
Australia in the last 4 years. However, there is nowhere to
place these extra students in clinics and hospitals to
so as to provide them with clinical teaching. Here,
we solve the problem with an online medical school,
called YouTube Medical School.

Method:
Over the last 6 months, the authors have developed
and placed 275 videos on YouTube.com. Topics covered
include sports medicine, orthopaedics, operations,
preparation for the OR, trauma, practical skills,
and vocational advice.YouTube allows easy upload,
editing and monitoring of viewers(most watched and major
changes).Material is collected from our archives, live from
our clinic and the OR.

Results:
Over the first 6 months there have been 61,000 video views,
with the largest usage in the USA, UK,Canada, Australia and
SE Asia. The demogaphics are male/female (77/23%)
and main age group(44-54).The most popular videos were:
How to Interview for Medical School and The Femur.

Conclusion:
The use of YouTube makes clinical material
readily available to medical students.

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