title: Teaching the plantar reflex.
abstract: The efficacy of an instructional videotape about the interpretation of the plantar response was evaluated during a two week neurological clerkship. Experimental groups saw the videotape, control groups did not. All students (n = 65) assessed plantar responses of two to four different patients. Their judgment was compared with that of one senior neurologist. Only the students who had seen the videotape showed a significant improvement in performance on a second test (t-test, t = -2.26, p = 0.031). In addition, these students more frequently took account of the flexion synergy (Fisher exact test, p less than 0.001). Video can be an efficient tool in medical education.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neurology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Raijmakers
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cabezas
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Smal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Gijn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001405:Reflex, Babinski; D014743:Videotape Recording