Students' Use of Video Clip Technology in Clinical Education

Abstract

Recent advances in video technology enable students and instructors in programs of communication disorders to use clinic-related video clips embedded in multimedia presentations for powerful learning and teaching. The purpose of this article is 2-fold. The first is to provide information on how video clips can enhance clinical instruction and learning by supporting specific learner-related outcomes needed for the demonstration of clinical competence. The second is to provide a description of a project developed in an educational program in communication disorders, in which student-generated video clips are used in several clinical educational contexts for a variety of purposes. Specifically, this article describes the process of generating designed video clips from video-recorded clinical sessions to be used in weekly clinical forum discussions as part of students' coursework, which are later catalogued for further use.