DEMONSTRATION
PediNeuroLogic: A Web-based Teaching Tutorial for the
Pediatric Neurological Examination
Paul D. Larsen, M.D.
ABSTRACT:
Textbooks can
describe the pediatric neurological examination, but the use of QuickTime
movies in an interactive web-based teaching tutorial allows the student to see
the examination and at the same time be instructed in the skills and technique
of the examination. In the web-based tutorial, NeuroLogic, we presented the
adult neurological examination, which is the foundation examination for
neurology. In this new site, PediNeuroLogic, the aspects of the neurological
examination that are unique to infants and young children are presented. This
tutorial allows the student to appreciate the neurodevelopmental approach that
is essential to the pediatric neurological examination.
The tutorial has an
introduction, developmental neuroanatomy section and then the examination of a
newborn, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 30-month-old infants. The appropriate exam and the
important neurodevelopmental milestones are demonstrated for each age. The
newborn examination is accompanied by an abnormal neurological examination,
which enables the student to contrast and compare the normal with the abnormal.
There are over 150 movies in the tutorial with brief written commentary for
each element of the examination.
The site is designed
for ease of navigation and logical organization. The sequential ages and
developmental stages of the infants examined give the student insight into the
maturation of the brain and how development is expressed. At the end of the
tutorial there is a quiz that allows the student to assess their mastery of the
content. This tutorial is a resource that is designed to be used at multiple levels
of medical education including undergraduate as well as postgraduate training
in pediatrics and neurology. There is an x2 option for each movie for classroom
projection. The movies can also be used for individual teaching purposes in a
variety of educational settings where neurodevelopment is being taught. The
website is open and movies can be used for educational purposes without
permission. The URL for PediNeuroLogic is
http://library.med.utah.edu/pedineurologicexam . The URL for NeuroLogic is http://library.med.utah.edu/neurologicexam
.
BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:
PediNeuroLogic is an interactive website for
teaching the pediatric neurological examination. The site teaches
neurodevelopment over the age span of the newborn to 2 Ω years.
Examination techniques and skills as well as findings are demonstrated. The
website is an open site and educators can repurpose the content of the tutorial
to suit their educational and instructional designs and needs.
Paul D. Larsen, M.D.
Dept of Pediatrics
University of
Nebraska Medical Center
982163 Nebraska
Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
68198-2163
USA
Phone: 402-559-9539
Fax: 420-559-5763
CO-AUTHORS:
Suzanne Stensaas,
Eric Carlson, Paul E. Burrows Suzanne Stensaas,
Eccles Health Science
Library
University of Utah
10 North 1900 East
Salt Lake City, Utah
84112-0589 USA
Eric Carlson and Paul
Burrows
Eccles Broadcast
Center
University of Utah
84112 USA
Phone: Stensaas
801-585-1281
Carlson 801-581-8675
Burrows 801-581-7908
Fax: Stensaas
801-581-3632
Carlson & Burrows
801-581-7987
Email: mailto:suzanne.stensaas@hsc.utah.edu
mailto:ecarlson@media.utah.edu, mailto:pdurrows@media.utah.edu