Using a Mock Rounds Model and Neurology Patients to Teach Neurological Exam Skills in a Medical Neurobiology Course
- Resource Type
- Authors
- James W. Lewis; Ann Murray; Brandon Neeley; Jessica Frey; Anna Lama
- Source
- Med Sci Educ
- Subject
- Enthusiasm
medicine.medical_specialty
Neurology
Event (computing)
media_common.quotation_subject
Teaching method
Short Communication
education
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Neurological exam
Education
medicine
Psychology
Neuroscience
media_common
- Language
- ISSN
- 2156-8650
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.