Digitalized clinical materials are a powerful adjunct for teaching. Their utility depends of their quality, appropriateness, ease and speed of access, and ease of incorporation into the clinical teaching routine. These materials can be used in both scheduled and unscheduled teaching settings, and sometimes have more impact when unscheduled. We have developed or adapted a variety of methods to obtain digitalized clinical; materials, and have had experience with various modes of display as well as incorporation into presentation modules. These materials includes x-rays, photomicrographs, still images, and video from procedures.
We have experienced a variety of problems in dealing with these materials, and via demonstration, will display some of the techniques which have proven most useful to us. Editing, archival methods, and retrieval and display techniques will be shown. Use of archival software and "on the fly" retrieval at a distance will be discussed. Examples of individual images as well as completed multimedia modules will be available, with emphasis on use of these materials in small group settings for teaching, employing desktop and laptop computers.