TY - JOUR
T1 - Accelerated Implementation of a Virtual Neurology Clerkship Amid a Global Crisis
AU - Govindarajan, Raghav
AU - Vu, Anh Thu N.
AU - Salas, Rachel Marie E.
AU - Miller, Alexandra Michelle
AU - Sandness, David J.
AU - Said, Rana R.
AU - Southerland, Andrew M.
AU - Fernandez, Andres
AU - Romano, Sofia
AU - Sennott, Brianna J.
AU - Patino-Murillas, Jorge
AU - Soni, Madhu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Academy of Neurology.
PY - 2022/2/15
Y1 - 2022/2/15
N2 - The standard neurology clinical experience in medical school focuses primarily on bedside patient encounters; however, the limitations of the clinical environment due to the current COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated the need for virtual curriculum development. To provide guidance to Neurology clerkship directors during this unprecedented time, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Undergraduate Education Subcommittee (UES) formed a workgroup to develop an outline for a virtual curriculum, provide recommendations, and describe models of integrating virtual curricula into the neurology clerkship. In this overview, we discuss different methods of virtual instruction, hybrid models of clerkship training and the challenges to its implementation, professionalism issues, and modification of feedback and assessment techniques specific to the virtual learning environment. We also offer suggestions for implementation of a hybrid virtual curriculum into the neurology clerkship. The virtual curriculum is intended to supplement the core neurology in-person clinical experience and should not be used for shortening or replacing the required neurology clinical clerkship.
AB - The standard neurology clinical experience in medical school focuses primarily on bedside patient encounters; however, the limitations of the clinical environment due to the current COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated the need for virtual curriculum development. To provide guidance to Neurology clerkship directors during this unprecedented time, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Undergraduate Education Subcommittee (UES) formed a workgroup to develop an outline for a virtual curriculum, provide recommendations, and describe models of integrating virtual curricula into the neurology clerkship. In this overview, we discuss different methods of virtual instruction, hybrid models of clerkship training and the challenges to its implementation, professionalism issues, and modification of feedback and assessment techniques specific to the virtual learning environment. We also offer suggestions for implementation of a hybrid virtual curriculum into the neurology clerkship. The virtual curriculum is intended to supplement the core neurology in-person clinical experience and should not be used for shortening or replacing the required neurology clinical clerkship.
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U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013222
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013222
M3 - Article
C2 - 34921103
AN - SCOPUS:85124635410
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 98
SP - 279
EP - 286
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 7
ER -