Diagnosis in a snap: a pilot study using Snapchat in radiologic didactics
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Diagnosis in a snap: a pilot study using Snapchat in radiologic didactics Bradley Spieler 1 & Catherine Batte 2 & Dane Mackey 1 & Caitlin Henry 1 & Raman Danrad 1 & Carl Sabottke 1 & Claude Pirtle 1 & Jason Mussell 3 & Eric Wallace 1 Received: 9 May 2020 / Accepted: 20 July 2020 # American Society of Emergency Radiology 2020
Abstract Purpose To evaluate Snapchat, an image-based social media platform, as a tool for emergency radiologic didactics comparing image interpretation on mobile devices with conventional analysis on a classroom screen. Materials and methods Seven radiology residents (4 juniors, 3 seniors;4 males, 3 females; 28.4 years old, ± 1.7 years) were shown 5 emergent radiologic cases using Snapchat and 5 cases of similar content and duration on a classroom projector over 4 weeks. All images depicted diagnoses requiring immediate communication to ordering physicians. Performance was scored 0– 2 (0 = complete miss, 1 = major finding, but missed the diagnosis, 2 = correct diagnosis) by two attending radiologists in consensus. Results All residents performed better on Snapchat each week. In weeks 1–4, juniors scored 21/40 (52.5%), 23/40 (57.5%), 19/ 40 (47.5%), and 18/40 (45%) points using Snapchat compared with 13/40 (32.5%), 23/40 (57.5%), 14/40 (35%), and 13/40 (32.5%), respectively, each week by projector, while seniors scored 19/30 (63.3%), 21/30 (70%), 27/30 (90%), and 21/30 (70%) on Snapchat versus 16/30 (53.3%), 19/30 (63.3%), 20/30 (66.7%), and 20/30 (66.7%) on projector. Four-week totals showed juniors scoring 81/160 (50.6%) on Snapchat and 63/160 (39.4%) by projector compared with seniors scoring 88/120 (73.3%) and 75/120 (62.5%), respectively. Performance on Snapchat was statistically, significantly better than via projector during weeks 1 and 3 (p values 0.0019 and 0.0031). Conclusion Radiology residents interpreting emergency cases via Snapchat showed higher accuracy compared with using a traditional classroom screen. This pilot study suggests that Snapchat may have a role in the digital radiologic classroom’s evolution. Keywords Resident education . Social media . Information technology . Emergency radiology
* Bradley Spieler [email protected]
Claude Pirtle [email protected] Jason Mussell [email protected]
Catherine Batte [email protected]
Eric Wallace [email protected]
Dane Mackey [email protected] 1
Diagnostic Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 343, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Raman Danrad [email protected]
2
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 459-B Nicholson Hall, Tower Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Carl Sabottke [email protected]
3
Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
Caitlin Henry [email protected]
Emerg Radiol
Introduction Adaptation to altered curricular landscapes through innovative teaching methods and connectivity with students is critical in education. This is underscored
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