2 Incorporation of Audience Participation Technology into Resident Curriculum Review

We have incorporated audience participation technology (Turning Point) into our weekly curriculum review sessions. This audience response system consists of individual remote response keypads, a USB port‐compatible receiver, and software which integrates into PowerPoint. Board‐style questions are written into PowerPoint slides and presented by the speaker. Rather than selecting one resident to answer a question, all audience members select an answer using their keypad. The receiver registers the answers and immediately displays a graph of the audience's responses. Questions with more incorrect answers are discussed in detail while less time is spent on questions answered correctly by most of the audience. This encourages active participation for each question and eliminates the stress of a single resident giving an incorrect answer in front of a large number of peers. Audience members are engaged throughout the hour rather than concentrating only on questions assigned to them. Residents and students discover that challenging questions are answered incorrectly by a significant number of audience members. In a short time using this system, we’ve seen audience discussion increase dramatically. We plan to expand our use of this technology to other lectures. Speakers will administer end‐of‐lecture quizzes, immediately assessing how effectively their presentation achieved its learning objectives. All residents have an assigned keypad, and their percentage of correct answers is recorded during every session. This allows the program to monitor a resident's progress and to identify areas in which the resident may need more instruction. This system has potential applications for competency assessment.