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ArticleJournal of medical education and curricular development

A Different Kind of Brain Mapping: Curriculum Mapping in Neurology Residency Education.

Saatvika Nair, Hayoung E Ahn, Myung Shin Sim, Katherine A Fu

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Saatvika NairUniversity of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1434-8043
Hayoung E AhnDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2278-1965
Myung Shin SimDepartment of Medicine Statistics Core, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9706-1499
Katherine A FuDepartment of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Abstract

Objective: We developed a curriculum map of the neurology residency program's academic half-day (AHD) at our institution from 2018 to 2024 to assess topic coverage and identify gaps relative to board certification content. Methods: We cataloged 280 unique AHD lectures over 6 years, recording attributes including title, date, duration, speaker, and subspecialty. These were compared against the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) certification blueprint using chi-square analysis. Results: The 280 lectures totaled 358.5 h. We found significant differences across multiple subspecialties. Content categorized as "Questions not associated with a specific neurologic disorder" (4.93%) was overrepresented ( Conclusions: Curriculum mapping revealed both strengths and gaps in the current didactic content, underscoring the need for more comprehensive and aligned curricular material. This process offers a data-driven framework for iterative curricular improvement and may serve as a replicable model for other neurology residency programs. Future efforts will focus on building a 2-year curriculum that aligns more closely with ABPN content specifications while considering institutional strengths and resources.

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curriculum mappingdidactic curriculum designgraduate medical education innovationneurology residency educationsubspecialty representation

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PMCPMC12682979

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