Curriculum Innovation: Neurocritical Care EEG Rounds

Background and Objectives: Continuous EEG (cEEG) has emerged as an important monitoring tool in the intensive care unit (ICU). Traditional EEG curricula for neurology residents mainly consist of didactic lectures, which often yield limited exposure to ICU EEG concepts and are insufficient to develop proficiency. The aim of this study was to develop a curriculum to enhance neurology resident ICU EEG education. The objectives included: (1) improving residents' ICU EEG knowledge by providing exposure to real ICU EEG cases and (2) facilitating discussion of EEG findings and monitoring plans within the multidisciplinary team. Methods: test was used to analyze the pretest and posttest data. Results: = 0.0226) after their NCC rotation. The acceptability survey (5-point Likert, mean ± SD) showed that both neurology residents (N = 7) and neurophysiology attendings/fellows (N = 6) found the model to be effective as a teaching (4.3 ± 0.7 and 4.3 ± 0.7, respectively) and communication (4.7 ± 0.5 and 4.5 ± 0.8, respectively) tool. Discussion: Our model of daily NCC-EEG rounds integrates case-based EEG review into neurology residents' daily clinical care. It is shown to be an effective strategy in improving neurology residents' ICU EEG education and strengthening interteam communication at our institution. Further work is needed to assess the model's long-term effectiveness and generalizability.