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DOI: 10.1148/rg.264055212
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RadioGraphics 2006;26:1243-1249
© RSNA, 2006

LIFELONG LEARNING

Education Techniques for Lifelong Learning

A Novel Standard-Compliant Audience Response System for Medical Education1

Jonathan L. Streeter, MD and Frank J. Rybicki, MD, PhD

1 From the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115. Recipient of a Cum Laude award for an infoRAD exhibit at the 2004 RSNA Annual Meeting. Received December 15, 2005; revision requested February 8, 2006 and received February 27; accepted March 8. J.L.S. is founder and owner of BeamStat, a company founded to foster the development and distribution of education technology; F.J.R. has no financial relationships to disclose. Address correspondence to J.L.S. (e-mail: jonstreeter{at}hotmail.com).

Audience response systems (ARSs) have been suggested as a means to improve the effectiveness of didactic lectures, but their widespread use has been limited because of cost and complexity. The authors developed a simple, cost-effective ARS that relies completely on standard networking technology, is embedded easily into a PowerPoint presentation, and operates without the need for extensive server setup and configuration. A PowerPoint Add-in that capitalizes on WiFi (wireless fidelity) technology was created that allows lecturers to easily add interactive question and response slides to an existing PowerPoint presentation. In the system, audience members can submit responses by using any wireless network-enabled device (eg, laptop computer, cell phone). The system was designed to be easy to use, to be standard compliant, and to eliminate the high operating costs associated with current interactive ARSs.

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