Table 3

Summary of independent observations during lectures


No EVS Breast cancer topic
EVS Breast cancer topic
No EVS Cervical cancer topic*
EVS Cervical cancer topic

Minutes spent per lecture
50
37
45
45
Order of lecture in afternoon
2
1
1
2
% Students participating
40%
100%**
96%
100%**
Mean (standard deviation) no. students writing/5 minute interval
15 (3)
14 (10)
13 (6)
11(8)
%. students writing during lecture
77%
82%
89%
77%
No. level 1 interactions
0
3
6
4
No. level 2 interactions
1
3
4
5
No. level 3 interactions
0
2
3
0
No. student-student interactions
11
12
21
11

*This lecturer instigated discussion questions in the classroom. 33% of the student-student interactions occurred at this point.

**All students participated during the usage of the EVS. Very little participation occurred out of those times.

Duggan et al. BMC Medical Education 2007 7:25   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-7-25