Once again I am updating my list of medical podcasts and I ran accross this article, Harvard medical students learn with their iPods.

Previously, I mentioned how the University of Michigan School of Dentistry uses the iTunes service to deliver recordings of most of the school's courses. Well, it looks like Harvard is joining the medical classpodding.

According to Harvard Medical School, 68% of the students already have iPods. Since medical journals are already using podcasting, Harvard thought medical education podcasting was the next step. Students can view videos of the lectures online, which are sorted using searchable tags. The tags are added through voice recognition software and allow users to skip specific parts of the lecture. John Halamka, Harvard Medical School's associate professor of medicine and chief information officer, said "It's (podcasting) the education device of the future."

While MyCourses at Harvard Medical School requires a username and password, you can take a tour to see how it works.