How to webcast lectures and conferences

This is the title of an article published in the British Medical Journal earlier this year, written by three British cardiologists, "without remarkable pre-existing internet skills". It describes how doctors (and others) with little technological experience can go about recording lectures and conferences online. As the authors say, "Being unable to attend a key talk or conference can be frustrating. But it is now technically straightforward, with computer software, for anyone to record presentations as a movie for permanent access on the internet. Such recordings can act as an invaluable library and learning resource long after the event is over. They greatly increase the potential reach of a message, aiding medical education, research, and the originators—think YouTube for medicine—as well as potentially reducing the relative carbon footprint and cost of medical education."