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video produced by Charlotte Heidenreich, MD, and Deborah E. Simpson, PhD, 60 minutes long, $25, Center for Ambulatory Teaching Excellence, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2000.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:98.

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Assisting busy faculty in improving their teaching skills in the ambulatory setting is a priority. Until recently, videotapes had not played a prominent role in this effort. Videotapes have many advantages over teaching effectiveness workshops: faculty can watch videotapes at their convenience; videotapes can be used as a discussion vehicle for faculty; and parts of videotapes can be the focus of behavior change over time. The videotape produced by the Medical College of Wisconsin provides a great opportunity for individual faculty or departments to effect behavior change and improve the teaching in the ambulatory setting.

The videotape is a follow-up to a review on ambulatory teaching techniques written by some of the same faculty who produced the video. The latter focuses on 4 of the literature-based ambulatory methods that the authors describe in their review article.¹ The viewer should realize that the methods described have not all been well studied . . . [Full Text of this Article]