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Videolab is a secure clinical video platform designed for OSCE recording and workplace-based assessment. The platform is GDPR-compliant and trusted across Europe.
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- Good #feedback isn't enough if the #relationship isn't there. 🤝 Most guidance on feedback focuses on the mechanics: be specific, be timely, base it on observed behaviour. All of that matters. 🔎 What the evidence shows An evidence-based review from the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine keeps returning to something else entirely — the relationship between the person giving feedback and the person receiving it. 💡 A few findings worth sitting with - Learners consistently accept feedback from people they trust
- A useful soft skills assessment starts with a decision, not a scoring form. A systematic review found 76 different observer-based tools for assessing non-technical skills in healthcare, with wide variation in how well they were validated. So the real question isn’t which tool to pick. It’s what you need the assessment to tell you. Swipe for seven steps to build an assessment around observable behaviours. 👇 Full guide here: https://lnkd.in/e_49CgZJ
- Our next Videolab #Community Call is coming up on 12 November. 🎥 These calls are a chance to see what’s new, hear what’s coming next, and connect with other people working on video-based learning. We’ll be sharing the new UI, LMS integrations, 360-degree camera support, and a first look at the beta of our competency tracker. There’s also plenty of time for open discussion. Bring your questions and use cases, and tell us if you’re experimenting with AI in training and evaluation. We’re curious how it’s going. 📅 12 November, 4:00 to
- Can #AI write your #OSCE stations? 🤖 Yes. But the #review afterwards is what actually matters. 🔎 What the research looked at AI can generate OSCE content fast - case stems, SP scripts, checklists, examiner prompts. A recent ten-tip framework, drawing on expert focus groups and real implementation experience from national clinical exams in the UAE, looked at how much of that output is actually usable without heavy human review. 💡 What stood out AI outputs can contain factual errors, cultural bias, and stereotypes that aren't
- Reviewing a consultation for feedback takes time. Not all of it needs to be spent at normal speed. ⏱️ Feature highlight: Variable playback speed. Watch recordings at up to 2x speed without missing the moments that matter — ideal for quick recaps, coaching prep, or reviewing footage under time pressure. Cut review time significantly. Stay just as sharp on the details. Get through more feedback without more hours in the day. Try it next time you're in Videolab: click the gear icon on the player and adjust the speed to suit your pace.
- Medical students high in affective #empathy are at greater risk of burnout. Cognitive empathy shows the opposite pattern. Affective empathy means feeling what the patient feels. Cognitive empathy means understanding what they think, fear and expect. You can #train cognitive empathy without adding emotional strain. Five methods clinical educators can use: 1️⃣ Standardised patient encounters, with a debrief built around the patient's view 2️⃣ Narrative medicine, using perspective-taking prompts 3️⃣ Video-based self-review, with
- Communication is treated as a clinical skill on paper. 📄 In most curricula, it's taught like something students should just pick up. 🔎 What the evidence shows A widely cited review found that communication training in medical schools tends to be brief, placed early in the curriculum, and rarely reinforced during clinical years. The result is well documented: students graduate with real gaps in communication, and patient-centredness and empathy score particularly low. 💡 The part that should change how programmes think about it:
- Recording real patient encounters is one of the most valuable tools in clinical training. Protecting the people in them shouldn't be an afterthought. Feature highlight: Blurred faces. 🔒 One click, and every face in a recording is automatically anonymised - built for patient simulations, peer reviews, and research projects where identity needs to stay protected. Open the recording, hit Blur Faces, and you're done. The original stays untouched, the learning value stays intact. Ideal for OSCEs, assessments, or any student
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