Online educational videos as a tool for promoting child neurology

ONLINE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING

CHILD NEUROLOGY

Ković I, Lulić I, Prpić I, Haller H

Introduction   Internet has the ability to revolutionize education

  High-speed Internet access is becoming a standard

  Opportunity to improve education with online videos

Aim

 To produce a collection of educational videos intended at providing a review of the neurological examination of the newborn infant

 To investigate if Internet would prove to be a successful medium for distribution of these videos

Materials & Methods   We recorded twelve educational videos demonstrating the

examination of primitive reflexes in the newborn infants

Rijeka Medical faculty website

Our YouTube channel

Video demonstration

Results Usage statistics

Rijeka Medical faculty web page

500 unique visitors

650 unique views

YouTube

600 views per each video

1200 views per some videos

Websites sharing our videos

Conclusions   There is a great demand for child neurology online

educational videos

  We already posted new materials regarding procedures in neonatology (lumbar puncture & umbilical vein catheterization)

  New child neurology videos and videos regarding newborn care are coming in the near future