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DIAZ TREMARIAS, Marisela  e  NORIEGA VELASQUEZ, Teresa. Use of didactic videos. Educ Med Super [online]. 2009, vol.23, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0864-2141.

OBJECTIVE: to assess the usefulness of didactic video as a innovative strategy in Toxicology teaching process. METHODS: authors established the knowledge of 48 students of this matter after magisterial classes and of presentation of 3 videos of Drugs and Brain series corresponding to following topics: Cocaine, Alcohol, and Marijuana using the pretest and posttest tools, designed ad hoc to assess its effectiveness in learning improvement compared with results from both procedures. RESULTS: right answer percentage after magisterial class is of 59% for Cocaine and of 66% for Alcohol and Marijuana versus 89% and 93%, respectively, after video presentation. CONCLUSIONS: magisterial class is not enough to learning achievement, the video was more efficacious for this purpose; however, it lack of effectiveness in complex cognitive features or those related to values and cultural features involving the taking of drugs.

Palavras-chave : Toxicology; teaching; didactic videos.

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