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. 2024 Nov 12;35(2):625-628.
doi: 10.1007/s40670-024-02224-4. eCollection 2025 Apr.

Lecture Capture, Transcripts, and Captioning in US Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey

Phillip Khong  1 , Duncan Holmes  2 , Bahar Masoudian  3 , Gregg C Lund  4 , Steven Garwood  5
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Lecture Capture, Transcripts, and Captioning in US Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey

Phillip Khong et al. Med Sci Educ. .

Abstract

This study describes lecture capture, transcription, and captioning services at US Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (COMs). An anonymous online survey was sent to Deans or Directors of Curriculum at all 34 fully accredited COMs, with 21 (62%) responding. Results showed widespread lecture recording (95%), but of those, there were varied transcript and caption offerings: 7 (33%) provided both, 5 (24%) offered closed captions only, and 3 (14%) offered transcripts only. Overall, 71% offered at least one service. These findings indicate the prevalence of these lecture services at US COMs and will assist COMs in benchmarking their practices.

Keywords: Accessibility; Closed captions; Lecture capture; Lecture recording; Transcription.

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Competing InterestsThe authors declare no competing interests.

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