Application of motor learning theory to teach the head impulse test to emergency medicine resident physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective was to develop an innovative method of training emergency medicine (EM) resident physicians to perform the head impulse test (HIT) component of the HINTS (head impulse test, nystagmus, test of skew) examination using video-oculography (VOG) device feedback.

Methods

Using principles from motor learning theory and Ericsson's framework for expertise, we developed a training innovation utilizing VOG device feedback to teach the degree (10°-20°) and velocity (>100°/s) of head turn required for the HIT. We assessed the technical ability of participants to perform the HIT using the VOG device, without feedback, to count the number of successful HITs out of 20 attempts before, immediately after, and 2 weeks after the training innovation. Participants rated t

SUBMITTER: Lenning JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10950009 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature