Audiovisual Aids - Standards
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Testing an alternate informed consent process.

27 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: One of the main problems in conducting clinical trials is low participation rate due to potential participants' misunderstanding of the rationale for the clinical trial or perceptions of loss of control over treatment decisions. ... Read more...

Visual literacy in the online environment.

29 Nov 2008 Visual literacy combines words and graphics to enhance learning. Students are immersed in digital literacy and multimodal learning; therefore, it is important for educators to embrace visual literacy and strike out beyond printed text, PowerPoint ... Read more...

On the portability of computer-generated presentations: the effect of text-background color combinations on text legibility.

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to investigate which text-background (TB) color combinations improve legibility and pleasantness of texts either presented on a computer screen or projected on a wider surface. BACKGROUND: Our work stems from the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Audiovisual Aids - Standards'

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• Testing an alternate informed consent process. 27 Feb 2009
• Visual literacy in the online environment. 29 Nov 2008
• On the portability of computer-generated presentations: the effect of text-background color combinations on text legibility. 29 Sep 2008
• The development and comprehensibility of a pictorial asthma action plan. 9 Sep 2008
• The design of a decision aid about diabetes medications for use during the consultation with patients with type 2 diabetes. Sep 2008
• The impact of the format of graphical presentation on health-related knowledge and treatment choices. 25 Aug 2008
• "The Child's World": a creative and visual trigger to stimulate student enquiry in a problem based learning module. 22 Jul 2008
• Clinical information displays to improve ICU outcomes. 15 Jul 2008
• Evaluation of the addition of video-based education for patients receiving standard pre-chemotherapy education. 29 Jun 2008
• The quality and suitability of written educational materials for patients*. 30 Dec 2007
• Filling in the gaps: artistic license in education and outreach. 29 Nov 2007
• Less is More. User-friendly technology has made for slick slide presentations--but has style come at the expense of substance? 30 Oct 2007
• Communicating risk information: the influence of graphical display format on quantitative information perception-Accuracy, comprehension and preferences. 29 Sep 2007
• The development of audio-visual materials to prepare patients for medical procedures: an oncology application. 30 Aug 2007
• Written educational materials for families of chronically ill children. 30 Aug 2007
• Spatial frequencies or emotional effects? A systematic measure of spatial frequencies for IAPS pictures by a discrete wavelet analysis. 4 Jun 2007
• Concept mapping as a means of course evaluation. 29 Apr 2007
• Poster presentations: valuing all forms of evidence. 14 Apr 2007
• Development of an illustrated medication schedule as a low-literacy patient education tool. 4 Mar 2007
• [How should the results of a scientific study be presented? I. The oral presentation] 30 Dec 2006

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Technical information about 'Audiovisual Aids'

Definition: Auditory and visual instructional materials.

Descriptor UI: D001296

Alternative terms: Audiovisual Aids; Aid, Audiovisual; Aids, Audiovisual; Audiovisual Aid; Audio-Visual Aids; Aid, Audio-Visual; Aids, Audio-Visual; Audio Visual Aids; Audio-Visual Aid; Visual Aids; Aid, Visual; Aids, Visual; Visual Aid;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: J01.897.280.500; L01.178.820.090;

History Note: 96; was AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS 1963-95

Technical Notes: TEACHING MATERIALS is also available