Vol. 21 No. 1 (2023)
Reflections

Reflections on medical education: An innovative near-peer led initiative using online media to teach the neurological exam

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  • Aliya Szpindel,
  • Jack Lam,
  • Stuart Lubarsky
Aliya Szpindel
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Jack Lam
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Stuart Lubarsky
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
A woman participates on an online video meeting
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/mjm.v21i1.978

Published 2023-01-05

Keywords

  • medical education,
  • neurology,
  • online media,
  • COVID,
  • neurological exam

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Szpindel A, Lam J, Lubarsky S. Reflections on medical education: An innovative near-peer led initiative using online media to teach the neurological exam. McGill J Med [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 5 [cited 2025 Oct. 30];21(1). Available from: https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/978

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Abstract

The move to virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in fewer opportunities for medical students to participate in bedside teaching and encounter patients presenting with characteristic clinical findings of various neurological disorders. We describe an interactive, peer-taught learning-session on Zoom teleconference wherein upper-year students developed learning cases using online videoclips of neurological examinations and corresponding findings. A post-session survey revealed an overwhelmingly positive response, especially regarding the sessions’ case-based and peer-taught structure. Overall, considering the dual benefits of peer-teaching, and the opportunity to see a wide range of findings from the videos, this initiative may be a valuable supplemental learning activity for existing undergraduate neurology rotations.

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