Multimedia method of education

Introduction. Today, education as crucial element of transfering concepts to learners has variety of methods and increasing access to appropriate hardware and software for multimedia teaching methods, have opened new horizons facing to universities and educational centers. It seems that using these facilities for training helps the realization of some ideal criteria such as quality of education. Although some universities and educational centers use multimedia methods of teaching in recent years, but still not a lot of evidence has been published about program evaluation. Distance education by multimedia, has become able to meet needs of users and learners in any place and time, without even needed of any teacher. However, multimedia teaching method has limitations such as restricted social relations of the students. The replacement of indirect communication instead of face to face contact may lead to reduced experiences of learners. Conclusion. Considering the general advantages of multimedia training and capabilities, especially in medical and paramedical education, its integration to current educational programs in medical schools to combine conventional and traditional education and training through remote multimedia presentation is inevitable and useful.