1. Comparative Evaluation of Multimedia Driven, Interactive, and Case-Based Teaching in Heart Surgery 
Reinhard Friedl, MD, Helmut Höppler, MD, Karl Ecard, Wilfried Scholz, MD, Andreas Hannekum, MD, PhD, Wolfgang Oechsner, MD, Sylvia Stracke, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 82, Issue 5, Pages (November 2006)
DOI: /j.athoracsur
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2. Fig 1
Screenshot of the interactive case-based teaching course about aortic valve replacement (text is originally in German). It has a task section (left side), an interactive media window (middle), and a navigation window (right side). On this screen, the user is prompted to mark the area where he wants to cannulate the aorta with mouse commands on the picture. (Reproduced with the permission from the Department of Heart Surgery, University of Ulm.)
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3. Fig 2
Results of the evaluation of initial motivation with the Questionnaire on Current Motivation (QCM). The results of the SMM and PM historic control groups have been published in Ref 6. (ICBT = interactive, case-based teaching; PM = print medium; SMM = systematic multimedia module; a: p < ICBT vs SMM; b: p = 0.03 ICBT vs PM; c: p < ICBT vs SMM; d: p < ICBT vs PM; e: p = 0.04 ICBT vs SMM; f: p = 0.04 SMM vs PM.)
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4. Fig 3
Results of the multiple choice pretest and post-test on factual knowledge. The results of the SMM and PM historic control groups have been published in Ref. 6. (ICBT = interactive, case-based teaching; PM = print medium; SMM = systematic multimedia module; a: p < 0.01 ICBT vs SMM in the pretest; b: p < ICBT vs PM in the pretest.)
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5. Fig 4
Performance in the operation room was significantly improved in the ICBT and SMM groups when compared with the PM group (both p < ). The results of the SMM and PM historic control groups have been published in Ref. 6. (ICBT = interactive, case-based teaching; PM = print medium; SMM = systematic multimedia module.)
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6. Fig 5
Results of the psychometric evaluation with HILVE (Heidelberg inventory to evaluate teaching courses) to evaluate overall didactic quality of both courses. The results of the SMM and PM historic control groups have been published in Ref. 6. (ICBT = interactive, case-based teaching; PM = print medium; SMM = systematic multimedia module; a: p < ICBT vs SMM and PM; b: p < 0.01 SMM vs ICBT and PM; c: p = ICBT vs PM; d: p < ICBT vs SMM and p < 0.05 ICBT vs PM; e: p < 005 ICBT vs PM and p = SMM vs PM; f: p < 0001 SMM vs ICBT and PM.)
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