“The University of Derby has given 35 Apple iPods – costing £99 each – to radiography students, to provide them with ‘different ways to learn,’” Brady Haran reports for BBC News.
“They contain pre-loaded video lessons about how to position patients for X-rays,” Haran reports. “It is hoped the portable video demonstrations will be more useful than traditional text books.”
Haran reports, “Senior lecturer Ruth Chester said: ‘They (iPods) are not gadgets, they are things of the future that are here to stay.’
“Radiographer Sue Errett was involved in creating the lessons and said they would be useful for students on placements,” Haran reports.
“However iPods would be banned from the X-Ray room. ‘I don’t feel it would be professional to use it directly in front of a patient,’ she said” Haran reports. “Ms Errett was particularly worried older patients would be unfamiliar with iPods and think the students were simply listening to music.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Alan" for the heads up.]
5 Day Most Commented