Undergraduate neurosurgical conferences – what role do they play?

Hanrahan, John; Burford, Charlotte; Ansaripour, Ali; Smith, Brandon George; Sysum, Katie; Rajwani, Kapil; Huett, Marian; Zebian, Bassel

doi:10.1080/02688697.2018.1527288

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“…The importance of teaching neurosurgery as part of the undergraduate curriculum is becoming increasingly recognized as vital in increasing the knowledge and confidence to promptly recognize and initially manage neurosurgical patients. 15 However, the amount of neurosurgery teaching in the undergraduate curriculum varies considerably across medical schools in the United Kingdom. 4 Previous literature has suggested the use of clinical electives and student-selected components as a method for increasing medical student exposure in neurosurgery.…”

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Improving Neurosurgery Education Using Social Media Case-Based Discussions: A Pilot Study

Newall

Smith

Burton

et al. 2021

World Neurosurgery: X

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Background The increasing shift toward a more generalized medical undergraduate curriculum has led to limited exposure to subspecialties, including neurosurgery. The lack of standardized teaching may result in insufficient coverage of core learning outcomes. Social media (SoMe) in medical education are becoming an increasingly accepted and popular way for students to meet learning objectives outside formal medical school teaching. We delivered a series of case-based discussions (CbDs) over SoMe to attempt to meet core learning needs in neurosurgery and determine whether SoMe-based CbDs were an acceptable method of education. Methods Twitter was used as a medium to host 9 CbDs pertaining to common neurosurgical conditions in practice. A sequence of informative and interactive tweets were formulated before live CbDs and tweeted in progressive order. Demographic data and participant feedback were collected. Results A total of 277 participants were recorded across 9 CbDs, with 654,584 impressions generated. Feedback responses were received from 135 participants (48.7%). Participants indicated an increase of 77% in their level of knowledge after participating. Of participants, 57% ( n = 77) had previous CbD experience as part of traditional medical education, with 62% ( n = 84) receiving a form of medical education previously through SoMe. All participants believed that the CbDs objectives were met and would attend future sessions. Of participants, 99% ( n = 134) indicated that their expectations were met. Conclusions SoMe has been shown to be a favorable and feasible medium to host live, text-based interactive CbDs. SoMe is a useful tool for teaching undergraduate neurosurgery and is easily translatable to all domains of medicine and surgery.

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Improving Neurosurgery Education Using Social Media Case-Based Discussions: A Pilot Study

Newall

Smith

Burton

et al. 2021

World Neurosurgery: X

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“…Five studies surveying UK and Irish medical students found that most had experienced some form of neurosurgical teaching in medical school, but perceptions of time spent on neurosurgery education among respondents were highly variable. 3 One study reported 39.7% of UK students had had neurosurgical experience during their medical education, 21 whilst in another, 49% had attended neurosurgical operating theatres, 80.2% had attended classroom teachings, 7.6% had attended J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f wards/ clinics/ student selected components/ surgical society events/ electives. 22 Between 5.8% and 80% reported no exposure to neurosurgical teaching.…”

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“…22 Between 5.8% and 80% reported no exposure to neurosurgical teaching. [21][22][23][24] Importantly, 82.8% of students agreed that the neurosurgical sessions they attended contributed to their learning. 25 In the US, NPDs and medical school deans reported different amounts of time dedicated to neurosurgical education (68.2 vs 23.6 hours/year respectively) .…”

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133 Neurosurgery Education in The Medical School Curriculum: A Scoping Review

Lee

Zhang

Alamri

et al. 2021

British Journal of Surgery

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Introduction Worldwide, there is no specific medical school curriculum in neurosurgery despite a high burden of neurosurgical disease that is often assessed, investigated and managed by generalists. This scoping review was carried out to map available evidence pertaining to the provision of neurosurgery education in the medical school curriculum across the world. Method This review was conducted in accordance to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews. Results Ten studies were included. Six were from the United Kingdom, two from the United States, and one each from Canada and Ireland. Two studies evaluated perceptions of both medical students and practicing clinicians, five studies evaluated the perceptions of medical students and three studies reported perceptions of clinicians only. Three main themes were identified. Neurosurgery was perceived as an important part of the general medical student curriculum. Exposure to neurosurgery teaching was varied but when received, deemed useful and students were keen to receive more. Interest in a neurosurgical career amongst medical students was high. Conclusions There is a lack of a specialty-specific medical school curriculum and variability of medical students’ exposure to neurosurgery teaching exists. Our findings highlight the need to systematically assess specialty-specific teaching and determine adequacy.

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“…Our results are in line with previous student society conferences. 14 In 2018, the King's College London Neurosurgery Society conference was shown to improve knowledge and confidence in students. One study showed that medical students want more exposure to SEM content within their curricula compared with what is currently offered.…”

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Pilot study: undergraduate sports & exercise medicine conferences: what role do they play?

Dadrewalla

Pai

Limaye

et al. 2020

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

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ObjectivesSports & exercise medicine (SEM) is a specialty encompassing the management of medical problems and injuries related to physical activity through means such as exercise advice and prescription. The field of SEM has been recognised in the UK since 2005 yet there is inadequate exposure of SEM in medical curricula. Conferences may be a way to increase exposure where students meet SEM professionals, gaining greater understanding of SEM career pathways. We therefore carried out a pilot study to assess this.MethodsThe King’s College London Sports & Exercise Medicine Society organised a student-led conference consisting of six lectures. Seventy-five delegates were given questionnaires on their views on SEM before and after the conference, assessed using the 5-point Likert scale. Results were analysed using a Wilcoxon-Signed Rank statistical test.ResultsQuestionnaire feedback showed 67.4% of delegates (n=46) had received SEM related teaching in their current degree. Results of our statistical analysis showed an increase in SEM career interest (p=0.0359), an increase in understanding of what a career in SEM involves (p=0.0009) and an increase in delegate’s understanding of what is required to pursue a career in SEM (p=0.0004) after our conference.ConclusionThe study showed issues regarding poor exposure to SEM in medical curricula and highlighted the value of student conferences. Students felt they learnt more about the roles within the SEM specialty, aiding future career progression. Thus, we suggest that student-led conferences are a good platform to bridge this gap while medical schools introduce more SEM into their curricula.

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Undergraduate neurosurgical conferences – what role do they play?

Cited by 26 publications

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Improving Neurosurgery Education Using Social Media Case-Based Discussions: A Pilot Study

Improving Neurosurgery Education Using Social Media Case-Based Discussions: A Pilot Study

133 Neurosurgery Education in The Medical School Curriculum: A Scoping Review

Pilot study: undergraduate sports & exercise medicine conferences: what role do they play?

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