rev bras ortop.2016;51(3):245
SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ORTOPEDIA E TRAUMATOLOGIA
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Informationandthe publication ofknowledgehavealways followedthevariouscommunicationmediaavailable.
Writing is the most enduring form of communication. Ithas changedthe course ofhumankind, allowing forthe perpetuationoftheknowledgeacquiredthroughouthistory. Surroundedbyrulesandbasicprinciples,written communica-tionisthebasisofotherformsofinformation,asevenspoken informationisprecededbyatexttoberead.
Despitetheinnovationsingraphicsandprintquality,there is little difference between a newspaper from 1920 and a currentnewspaper.Thesamecanbesaidforbooksand maga-zines,andespeciallyforjournals,whichfollowthesamerules asthoseof100yearsago.
Writtencommunicationhasexceptionalqualitiesandfar outweighsthespokenform,sinceitlasts,canberevisited,can beanalyzedinadvance,andcanbeeasilystored.However,it hasasingledefect:thetimebetweentheinformationand pub-lication,representedbypublishing,printing,anddistributing thewrittenmaterial.
From the 1990s onwards, there has been a revolution in communication; telephones, which until then enabled instant spoken communication, now enableinstantaneous andsimultaneouswrittencommunicationformanypeople.
At the beginning, we did not fully comprehend this immensechange,butovertheyearswehavebeenobserving anevolutionforwhichwearenotprepared.
Thespeedofsocialnetworks,withtheirinstant informa-tion,hasimpactedallformsofpublication,andhascreateda generationthatnolongerhasthepatiencetowaitforthesteps oftheprintedwrittencommunication,withallofitsrules.
Theso-called Generation Y, which emerged in the cur-rentenvironmentoffastandstraightforwardtechnologythat startedinthe1990s,isessentiallyuninterestedinourforms ofinformation.Teachingthemhasbeenanarduoustask; edu-catingthem,evenharder.Howtoeducatewithouttextbooks ornovels,how toeducatewithoutupdate journals,how to motivatethemtowriteaccordingtotherules?
Ourformsofeducationareuninteresting,lengthy,and bor-ing forthis generation,which, within seconds, cangather themselvesordisseminateinformationefficientlyandalmost freely.
Thisagilewayofinforminghasserious,fundamentalflaws. Themainflawisirresponsibility,becausethereisnotrialnor
previousanalysisofanyinformation:oncesomethingis pub-licized,itbecomestrue.
Inthecaseofascientificjournal,wedistanceourselves even further, because from the time the author produces his/herwork,theeditorsassessit,theadjustmentsaremade andthejournalissentforpublicationanddistributed, some-timesayeargoesby,anunimaginabletimeforGenerationY.
How dowe prevent the indifference ofthis generation, whichrepresents20%oftheurbanpopulationandthatwe arenoweducating?
Sociologistsadmitthatthisisafactagainstwhichitisnot possibletoresist;therefore,wemustadapt.
Eachclasswillhavetopositionitselfregardingthisfact.For us,educators,themostdifficulttaskremains,asitisuptous tomoldthem.
Inthelectures,wecan“evolve”andproducemoreengaging classes,inwhichtheteachingcomesfromthefactathand, notfrom theusual presentationformat. When speakingof thetibia,forexample,wecanstartwithacaseoffracture,and fromthisfactdiscusstheanatomy,vascularization,andforms oftreatment.
Thephysiology,pathologicalanatomy,andbiomechanics willcomenaturallyinthemidstoftreatmentguidance.
Thisistheadvicefromthemodernbranchesofteaching theory.
Inscientificpublications,wecouldsummarizeandpresent onlythebasicresearchpoints,withatremendouslosstothe depthofinformation,asthediscussionofastudy isarich sourceofinformation.
Conceding,inmyview,willdestroyasecularculturethat hasbeenworking,inordertoembarkonanewandunknown journey:thatofsuperficiality.
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GilbertoLuisCamanho
RevistaBrasileiradeOrtopedia,Brazil
