In part one of this series, Dr. Justin Abbatemarco explores how to effectively reach today's learners through podcasts and social media.

Show transcript:

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco:

Hello and welcome. This is Justin Abbatemarco, and I just got done finishing an episode on non-traditional educational formats reshaping neurology training. I was joined by some really terrific teachers and faculty members, Roy Strowd, Jeff Ratliff and Tesha Monteith, and it was really great hearing from these different perspectives.

On today's Neurology Minute, we really want to talk about how we can reach our learners in today's learning environment, and I think two themes emerged from our conversations, especially around podcasts and social media. You know, the example I always think about is when we get done learning in either the bedside or clinic rounding, and I try to share some articles with our learners, I find that if I send a bunch of PDFs or textbook chapters, it just doesn't resonate as well these days.

And so trying to reach learners where they're at, and I think podcasts and social media feeds allow for this kind of asynchronous, really engaging learning style. It allows for them to listen at a time that's convenient for them, to get the information in a different way in some audio or audiovisual type ways, and to hear from experts around the world that maybe have a different voice and can resonate the message in a different way, which I find really powerful.

I think the other part of this is that those social media feeds allow for a sense of community that is hard to replicate in a traditional classroom, and the ability for them to, again, listen to an expert in a less intimidating circumstance or a setting, and then to hear from other learners on questions they've had really resonates with folks.

I would really encourage everyone to listen to the entire interview with the entire team. It was, again, great to hear from all the different experts on this topic, and I appreciate your time, and that's today's Neurology Minute.