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Disclosures: Karen Newcomer-Aney, MD: No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Objective: This study was designed to identify the effectiveness of a self-captured video for learning and assessing the musculoskeletal physical examination (MSK PE) in second year medical (M2) students.
Design: A cross sectional descriptive design was used.Setting : Due to the COVID pandemic, our medical school courses, including MSK PE instruction, pivoted to virtual learning delivered via an institutional learning platform.Participants : 26 M2 students.
Interventions: The intervention was an educational video platform. Using this educational tool, students captured videos of themselves performing four joint-specific examinations on someone in their household. Instructors viewed the videos asynchronously and embedded feedback via text, audio or video into each video. Students reviewed their videos with this feedback later.
Main Outcome Measures: Following the course, students completed a questionnaire focused on satisfaction, perception, and effectiveness of the self-captured video. Our Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt.
Results: Of these 26 students, seven reflected this learning as positive, six as negative and thirteen as neutral. The most common negative comment was that the video tool could not replace a hands-on, supervised learning session. Many students indicated that the experience increased their confidence in performing the MSK PE. Students also shared that, by viewing their videos, they were able to observe their correct and incorrect movements during maneuvers and then make appropriate adjustments.Conclusions: Use of video assessment is becoming more widely used in many realms including medical education. Although the learning tool cannot replace in-person learning and assessment, a self-captured video is a promising tool for self and peer assessment of the MSK PE. We suggest considering use of video feedback as a tool for learners to master other motor skills required in PM&R.
Level of Evidence: Level III
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Newcomer-Aney K. The Usefulness of a Self-captured Videotape to Assess Musculoskeletal Physical Examination Performance in Second Year Medical Students [abstract]. PM R. 2021; 13(S1)(suppl 1). https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/the-usefulness-of-a-self-captured-videotape-to-assess-musculoskeletal-physical-examination-performance-in-second-year-medical-students/. Accessed May 20, 2025.« Back to AAPM&R Annual Assembly 2021
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