Abstract
Background
The skills necessary for recognizing episodic disorders with transient symptoms, such as epileptic seizures, can be difficult to teach in clinical education; however, specialized recording methods, such as video electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring, document a wide range of transient episodes that can be used for teaching in medical studies.
Objective
We developed and designed a digital course according to the Inverted Classroom Model (ICM) which supported the students’ training regarding epileptic seizures during their practical course on neurology. This digital course was intended to provide instructions on the fundamentals and terminology of clinical epileptology, as well as training in recognizing seizures using clinical videos.
Methods
Students were provided access to various interactive digital learning material and seizure videos in a digital self-learning module prior to the 2‑day face to face event. Satisfaction with the digital course was evaluated using a questionnaire. Additionally, the examination results were retrospectively compared between students who only attended the in-person event versus those who also completed the digital course.
Results and conclusion
Student feedback revealed a high level of satisfaction with the digital course and a participation rate of approximately 90%. The clinical teaching videos appear to be an especially effective means of conveying the semiology and analysis of epileptic seizures; however, the examination results between students with and without access to the digital course were not different, possibly due to the retrospective analysis and the lack of explicit examination questions related to the content of the digital learning platform.
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S. Claß declares that she has no competing interests. Memberships and advisory activities of R. von Wrede: memberships: DGfE, DGKN; advisory or speaker activities: Angelini, Arvelle, Apocare, Bial, Desitin, Eisai, JAZZ pharmaceuticals, UCB Pharma. Memberships and advisory activities of T. Baumgartner: memberships: DGN, DGfE, DGKN; advisory or speaker activities: Eisai, UCB Pharma. Memberships and advisory activities of R. Surges: memberships: AES, DGN, DGfE, DHV, DGKN, AG Epilepsiechirurgie; advisory or speaker activities: Angelini, Arvelle, Bial, Desitin, Eisai, Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Livanova, Novartis, Precisis GmbH, UNEEG, UCB Pharma, Zogenix.
The Ethics Commission for Clinical Trials on Humans and Epidemiological Research with Personal Data of the Medical Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn has confirmed that there are no professional ethical or professional legal concerns to be raised for the project described here (reference number 082/23). The creation and integration of the digital learning tools were not planned as a prospective trial, but were part of the department’s implementation to support the clinical teaching. Thus, informed consent was not obtained from the students.
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Claß, S., von Wrede, R., Baumgartner, T. et al. A blended learning approach for clinical epileptology. Clin Epileptol 36 (Suppl 2), 109–114 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10309-023-00628-7
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