Using Microsoft Producer to Facilitate Web-Based Learning in an Anesthesiology Training Programme

Computerized multimedia teaching methods, including web-based learning, have become popular because the learner controls the content, the time, and place of learning. The purpose of this article is to describe specifically how a clinical department is using Microsoft Producer to convert PowerPoint presentations into Internet-ready multimedia lectures. The importance of these Internet-ready multimedia lectures to the didactic activities of an anesthesiology residency programme is also discussed.