Guido Giorgio, Franceschini Simone, Oteri Vittorio, Pavan Matilde, Bernad Peter G
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, ITA.
School of Medicine, University of Chieti, Chieti, ITA.
Cureus. 2024 Jan 8;16(1):e51866. doi: 10.7759/cureus.51866. eCollection 2024 Jan.
Objective This study aimed to systematically review and assess educational YouTube videos on neurological examination. Methods YouTube was screened for educational videos on neurological examination. A scoring system (involving five major and six minor criteria) was used to assess videos. Educationally useful videos were defined as those satisfying all major criteria and at least three minor criteria; 2 points were allocated for each major criterion and 1 point for each minor criterion, thereby using a score of 13 as a threshold. Results A total of 500 videos were screened, and 128 videos were included in the final selection procedure. Only 55 videos were deemed as educationally useful; 13 of these videos focused on the general neurological examination, 10 on cranial nerves, 11 on the upper limb, five on the lower limb, three on reflexes, one on upper and lower limbs, one on gait, and 11 were in the form of lectures. Six (46.15%) of the educationally useful videos about general neurological exams, including the top three videos, were created by academic institutions, and three (23.07%) were book-related. Educationally useful videos were not the most viewed videos. None of the analyzed videos included the evaluation of the autonomic nervous system in the physical examination routine. Conclusions YouTube is an increasingly common source of educational videos for medical students. However, videos found on YouTube are not peer-reviewed and may be inaccurate, and the preponderance of videos available on the platform makes it difficult for students and educators to find good educational material. We provide a list of URLs of educationally useful videos for students and educators in neurology and offer suggestions for the creation of high-quality educational videos.
目的 本研究旨在系统回顾和评估YouTube上有关神经学检查的教育视频。方法 在YouTube上筛选有关神经学检查的教育视频。使用一个评分系统（涉及五项主要标准和六项次要标准）来评估视频。具有教育意义的有用视频被定义为满足所有主要标准和至少三项次要标准的视频；每项主要标准得2分，每项次要标准得1分，因此以13分作为阈值。结果 共筛选了500个视频，128个视频进入最终筛选程序。只有55个视频被认为具有教育用途；其中13个视频聚焦于一般神经学检查，10个关于颅神经，11个关于上肢，5个关于下肢，3个关于反射，1个关于上肢和下肢，1个关于步态，11个是讲座形式。在具有教育用途的关于一般神经学检查的视频中，包括排名前三的视频，有6个（46.15%）是由学术机构制作的，3个（23.07%）与书籍相关。具有教育用途的视频并非观看次数最多的视频。所有分析的视频均未在体格检查常规中纳入自主神经系统的评估。结论 YouTube日益成为医学生教育视频的常见来源。然而，在YouTube上找到的视频未经同行评审，可能不准确，而且该平台上大量的视频使得学生和教育工作者难以找到优质的教育材料。我们为神经学专业的学生和教育工作者提供了具有教育用途的视频的URL列表，并对制作高质量教育视频提出了建议。
