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Title:
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USE OF CLOUD-BASED GRAPHIC NARRATIVE SOFTWARE IN MEDICAL ETHICS TEACHING |
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Author(s):
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Alan S. Weber |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-40-1 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson |
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Year:
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2015 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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E-learning; Cloud computing graphic narrative software; narrative medical ethics; medical education; Qatar. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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167 |
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Last Page:
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172 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Although used as a common pedagogical tool in K-12 education, online graphic narrative (comics) software has not generally been incorporated into advanced professional or technical education. This contribution reports preliminary data from a study on the use of cloud-based graphics software Pixton.com to teach basic medical ethics concepts and the human dimension of medical ethics dilemmas in a premedical program at an American medical college in the State of Qatar. Qualitative and quantitative end-of-semester data (open-ended and 7-point Likert scale questions) were collected from randomized control and study groups from 22 total students in a 4-week medical ethics module, half of whom wrote an argumentative essay on a contemporary medical ethics dilemma and the other half who created a 10-15 panel graphic narrative consisting of a real-life doctor-patient-family encounter involving a contemporary ethical issue. |
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