Education Research: Comparison of Lecture-Based and Direct Instruction Didactics to Improve Neurologic Examination Confidence in Neurology Clerkship Students

Emphasizing challenging NE pitfalls with DI is perceived by students to be more beneficial for learning examination skills than LB methods. However, DI is not clearly superior to LB teaching methods in improving NE confidence. Future research could further evaluate the efficacy of DI teaching methods with randomized trials and interval assessment of their effects on NE confidence throughout the neurology clerkship.