Open AccessUsing a Mock Rounds Model and Neurology Patients to Teach Neurological Exam Skills in a Medical Neurobiology Course
Author(s) -
Anna Lama,
Ann Murray,
Jessica Frey,
Brandon Neeley,
James W. Lewis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-021-01345-4
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , medical education , neurology , event (particle physics) , perspective (graphical) , psychology , graduate students , medical school , medicine , neuroscience , computer science , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
First-year medical student groups rotated through classrooms, each containing a Neurology patient and physician, as a "Neuro Day" event to make direct clinical connections with the basic sciences. Inspired by post-graduate Clerkships, this event provided timely first-hand experiences focusing on pathological neurologic exam findings. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from end-of-course surveys. The results show how the event served to reinvigorate enthusiasm for learning Clinical Neurobiology outside the traditional lecture environment and could empower patients as educators within a teaching community.