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Neurology podcast utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: As medical education shifted to a virtual environment during the early coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we evaluated how neurology podcasting may have been utilized during this period, and which features of podcasts have been more highly sought by a medical audience. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Siegler, James E., Boreskie, Patrick E., Strowd, Roy, Rook, Robert, Goss, Adeline, Al-Mufti, Fawaz, Rossow, Bonnie, Miller, Alexandra, Chamberlain, Amanda, London, Zachary, Hurley, Jennifer, Geocadin, Romergryko, Richie, Megan, Isaacson, Richard, Rybinnik, Igor, Chan, Teresa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8357627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34383158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05549-9
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author Siegler, James E.
Boreskie, Patrick E.
Strowd, Roy
Rook, Robert
Goss, Adeline
Al-Mufti, Fawaz
Rossow, Bonnie
Miller, Alexandra
Chamberlain, Amanda
London, Zachary
Hurley, Jennifer
Geocadin, Romergryko
Richie, Megan
Isaacson, Richard
Rybinnik, Igor
Chan, Teresa M.
author_facet Siegler, James E.
Boreskie, Patrick E.
Strowd, Roy
Rook, Robert
Goss, Adeline
Al-Mufti, Fawaz
Rossow, Bonnie
Miller, Alexandra
Chamberlain, Amanda
London, Zachary
Hurley, Jennifer
Geocadin, Romergryko
Richie, Megan
Isaacson, Richard
Rybinnik, Igor
Chan, Teresa M.
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description BACKGROUND: As medical education shifted to a virtual environment during the early coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we evaluated how neurology podcasting may have been utilized during this period, and which features of podcasts have been more highly sought by a medical audience. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of neurology-themed blogs and/or podcasts between April 2019 and May 2020. Programs were eligible if they reported mean monthly downloads > 2000, were affiliated with an academic society, or offered continuing medical education credit. Thirty-day download counts were compared between study months, with adjustment for multiple testing. Exploratory analyses were performed to determine which podcast features were associated with higher downloads. RESULTS: Of the 12 neurology podcasts surveyed, 8 completed the survey and 5 met inclusion criteria. The median monthly download count was 2865 (IQR 869–7497), with significant variability between programs (p < 0.001). While there was a 358% increase in downloads during April 2020 when compared to the previous month, this was not significant (median 8124 [IQR 2913–14,177] vs. 2268 [IQR 540–6116], p(adj) = 0.80). The non-significant increase in overall downloads during April 2020 corresponded to an increase in unique episodes during that month (r = 0.48, p = 0.003). There was no difference in 30-day downloads among episodes including COVID-19 content versus not (median 1979 [IQR 791–2873] vs. 1171 [IQR 405–2665], p = 0.28). CONCLUSIONS: In this unique, exploratory study of academic neurology-themed podcasts, there was no significant increase in episode downloads during the early COVID-19 pandemic. A more comprehensive analysis of general and subspecialty medical podcasts is underway.
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spelling pubmed-83576272021-08-12 Neurology podcast utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic Siegler, James E. Boreskie, Patrick E. Strowd, Roy Rook, Robert Goss, Adeline Al-Mufti, Fawaz Rossow, Bonnie Miller, Alexandra Chamberlain, Amanda London, Zachary Hurley, Jennifer Geocadin, Romergryko Richie, Megan Isaacson, Richard Rybinnik, Igor Chan, Teresa M. Neurol Sci Covid-19 BACKGROUND: As medical education shifted to a virtual environment during the early coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we evaluated how neurology podcasting may have been utilized during this period, and which features of podcasts have been more highly sought by a medical audience. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of neurology-themed blogs and/or podcasts between April 2019 and May 2020. Programs were eligible if they reported mean monthly downloads > 2000, were affiliated with an academic society, or offered continuing medical education credit. Thirty-day download counts were compared between study months, with adjustment for multiple testing. Exploratory analyses were performed to determine which podcast features were associated with higher downloads. RESULTS: Of the 12 neurology podcasts surveyed, 8 completed the survey and 5 met inclusion criteria. The median monthly download count was 2865 (IQR 869–7497), with significant variability between programs (p < 0.001). While there was a 358% increase in downloads during April 2020 when compared to the previous month, this was not significant (median 8124 [IQR 2913–14,177] vs. 2268 [IQR 540–6116], p(adj) = 0.80). The non-significant increase in overall downloads during April 2020 corresponded to an increase in unique episodes during that month (r = 0.48, p = 0.003). There was no difference in 30-day downloads among episodes including COVID-19 content versus not (median 1979 [IQR 791–2873] vs. 1171 [IQR 405–2665], p = 0.28). CONCLUSIONS: In this unique, exploratory study of academic neurology-themed podcasts, there was no significant increase in episode downloads during the early COVID-19 pandemic. A more comprehensive analysis of general and subspecialty medical podcasts is underway. Springer International Publishing 2021-08-12 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8357627/ /pubmed/34383158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05549-9 Text en © Fondazione Società Italiana di Neurologia 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Boreskie, Patrick E.
Strowd, Roy
Rook, Robert
Goss, Adeline
Al-Mufti, Fawaz
Rossow, Bonnie
Miller, Alexandra
Chamberlain, Amanda
London, Zachary
Hurley, Jennifer
Geocadin, Romergryko
Richie, Megan
Isaacson, Richard
Rybinnik, Igor
Chan, Teresa M.
Neurology podcast utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8357627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34383158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05549-9
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