A Blended Curriculum to Improve Resident Physical Exam Skills for Patients With Neuromuscular Disability.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Children with neuromuscular disabilities (NMD) receive care in a wide variety of clinical settings. Residents lack training to develop physical examination skills for evaluating patients with NMD. We devised a curriculum to teach residents how to examine patients with NMD using a systematic and simplified approach.

Methods

Creation of this resource was a response to a survey of final-year residents that revealed the need for education focused on developing physical examination skills. The curriculum has four components-multimedia PowerPoint with embedded video, knowledge assessment, clinical exam (CEX) assessment, and module feedback-and was completed by 37 residents over an 8-month period from January to September 2016. We utilized knowledge assessment, direct

SUBMITTER: Benjamin JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354795 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature