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To sum up
For all its antiquity and somewhat dowdy image, the place of the lecture in clinical teaching is assured now and in the future. This is partly a matter of its sheer convenience when the curriculum requires that large groups be taught large bodies of material in a formal setting, but often it is because it is the most effective way to approach transmitting information and/or problem solving.
Like most techniques in teaching and learning, lecturing requires its own set of skills, which can all be learned and refined through practice and reflection, but the single most important element of an effective lecture is that it should be a meaningful engagement for the audience and speaker alike. The key purpose behind a lecture is to ensure learners are offered learning relevant to their course that they cannot readily access by other means. If they participate in a meaningful engagement it will drastically increase the possibility of this occurring, thereby ensuring that they leave the lecture theatre or classroom better informed (or at least more challenged) than when they came in.
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