In their recent paper entitled 'What happens when teachers do not give students handouts?', the authors (Wongkietkachorn et al. 2014) present interesting findings that could influence the decision-making of medical teachers on lecture preparation, which could in turn lead to changes in the learning performance of medical students. I agree with the authors that pre-clinical students are more handout-dependent than clinical students. However, there are critical points that should be addressed before deciding to give handouts in lectures.
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