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

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Jennifer BenjaminJohn D Mahan

Abstract

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. 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 clinical skills observation using the CEX, and module-feedback responses as part of the evaluation. All 37 residents completed the curriculum, with an overall knowledge score of greater than 80%. Residents demonstrated most of the desired patient care behaviors on the CEX assessment and provided positive feedback on the quality, usefulness, and applicability of the module, in addition to requesting more curricula to develop their physical examination skills. The CEX assessment p...Continue Reading

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