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ArticleNeurology. Education2025

Education Research: ANSWER: A Multimodal Teaching Intervention for Neurology Undergraduate Medical Education: A Randomized Crossover Control Trial.

Liah McElligott, Muirne Spooner, Caitriona Cahir, Diane Gillan, Hijaz Adenan, Grainne Mulkerrin, Susan Byrne, Norman Delanty, Claire Hevican, Arnold Hill and 2 more

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Article in Neurology. Education, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Neurophobia in health profession students and practitioners: a systematic review and synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Liah McElligottSchool of Postgraduate Studies, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1393-1352
Muirne SpoonerSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9760-0544
Caitriona CahirData Science Centre, School of Population Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7137-5737
Diane GillanDepartment of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Hijaz AdenanSchool of Postgraduate Studies, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7673-2134
Grainne MulkerrinDepartment of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Susan ByrneDepartment of Paediatrics, Children's Health Ireland, Dublin.
Norman DelantyDepartment of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3953-9842
Claire HevicanDepartment of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
Arnold HillDepartment of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
Noel Gerry McElvaneySchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0152-4370
Eavan McGovernSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Multimodal education uses cognitive learning theory strategies. Neurophobia, "the fear of neurology and clinical neuroscience," affects medical students and doctors worldwide. Novel approaches to neurology undergraduate education can improve undergraduate knowledge, enhance student perception of clinical neurology, and reduce neurophobia. We examine the effect of Methods: Final-year medical students were randomly distributed into 2 groups: an intervention group ( Results: Seventy-seven final-year medical students participated. Neurology knowledge significantly improved after the intervention (MCQE: median = 14, interquartile range (IQR) = 4 vs 11, IQR = 3; Discussion:

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