Twelve tips for creating a medical education podcast

Abstract

Podcasts and other asynchronous remote learning pedagogies have become increasingly utilized in undergraduate and graduate medical education. They offer a convenient and accessible form of education for personalized learning and have been developed across multiple disciplines of medicine. This paper discusses the current literature on medical education podcasts, offers practical examples of existing free podcast content, and offers guidance on planning, designing, and executing the creation of a new educational podcast. It discusses best practices for the engagement of learners and logistical considerations for recording and hosting the material. These Twelve Tips hope to empower educators to utilize resources across the world to offer the highest quality opportunities for learners of all levels.

Keywords:

• Planning
• trends
• e-learning/computers
• education environment
• internal medicine
• podcasts

Acknowledgement

All podcasts mentioned in this manuscript offer free and open-access content to learners. All software mentioned is free unless otherwise mentioned.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no significant conflicts of interest in preparing this manuscript. JB, MW, and PW are producers on The Curbsiders Internal Medicine podcast.

Additional information

Funding

JB receives support through the New York Academy of Medicine Jeremiah Barondess Fellowship in the Clinical Transaction.

Notes on contributors

Justin Berk

Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA, is a producer on the internal medicine podcast, The Curbsiders and founder of the pediatric podcast, The Cribsiders.

Paul Williams

Matthew Watto, MD, and Paul Williams, MD, are founders of the internal medicine podcast, The Curbsiders.