AAN Education Research Grant

AAN Education Research Grant to Evaluate AAN CME Programs/Products

The AAN Education Research Grant program offers financial support to evaluate an AAN CME program or product, including, but not limited to Annual Meeting education courses, Continuum, NeuroPI, or Neurology Journal CME. One $10,000 grant will be awarded based on the proposal and merits of the project. The goal for the grant is to better understand if AAN CME is having a sustained impact on learners.

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2013 Grant Recipient:

P. David Charles, MD
Evaluating the AAN’s PIP module: “Parkinson's Disease: Safety Issues, Autonomic Dysfunction, Therapy and Treatment Options”

AAN Education Research Grant

The AAN Education Research Grant program offers financial support to promote educational research in neurology, granting two to four awards of $5,000 to $10,000 based on the proposal and merits of the project. The goals for the grant are to help improve the neurologic education of AAN members, including neurology residents and fellows, medical students, and non-neurologists, as well as promote career development of neurologic educators.

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2013 Grant Recipients:

Sachin Agarwal, MD, MPH
"High–Fidelity Simulation Versus Traditional Didactic Techniques for Teaching Neurological Emergencies to Neurology Residents: A Randomized Controlled Study"
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Cara Harth, MD
"Does formal online NIHSS training improve performance on a Stroke OSCE in the Neurology Clerkship?"
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Rebecca Lehman, MD
"Applying vested interest theory to resident training in CPT E&M coding as a means of increasing coding accuracy"
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Rachel Marie Salas, MD
"Evaluating the Impact of an Interactive APP on Neurology Core Clerkship Curriculum"
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2012 Grant Recipients:

Douglas Larsen, MD
"Test Enhanced Learning in Continuing Medical Education: Measuring and Increasing Long-Term Retention From the AAN Annual Meeting"
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Mitchell Elkind, MD
"Use of a Mentored Peer Review Program to Enhance Neurology Resident Education on the Basic Concepts of Biostatistics, Research Methodology, and Peer Review"
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Stuart Lubarsky, MD, MPHE
"Assessing the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) for Use in Selecting Applicants to a Neurology Residency Program"
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James Noble, MD, MS
"Assessing Efficiency of Learning the Neurologic Exam With a Visual Tracking Device"
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2011 Grant Recipients:

Lilyana Amezcua, MD
"Evaluating the Use of Video Games in the Teaching of Localization in Neurology: A Pilot Study"

Lara J. Cooke, MD, MSc, FRCPC
"Can Neurology Residents Empathy be Enhanced?"

Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD
"Medical Simulation of Sentinel Events From the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU): Validation of a Team Training Curriculum"


2010 Grant Recipients:

Charlene E. Gamaldo, MD
"Evaluating the Impact of an On-Line Mini Sleep Course on Neurology and Medicine Trainees—Sleep Medicine Clinical Practices and Knowledge"

"A step out of the dark: Improving the sleep medicine knowledge of trainees"

Douglas P. Larsen, MD
"Do Deep Learning Techniques Combined with Repeated Testing Prevent Long-Term Forgetting? Investigation of a Novel Combination of Cognitive and Educational Psychology Concepts in Neurological Education"

2009 Grant Recipients:

Douglas P. Larsen, MD
"Effects of Repeated Testing by Simulation and Written Tests on Long-Term Retention of Neurological Information: A Randomized, Controlled Trial"

David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD
"The Complaint-Focused Neurologic History & Physical: "20 Questions" Diagnostic Gaming to Build Diagnostic Reasoning Skills—Software Platform Development & Pilot Testing in Clerkship Students"

2008 Grant Recipients:

Thomas I. Cochrane, MD, MBA
"Improving Ethical, Relational, and Communication Skills for Neurology Residents"

Richard S. Isaacson, MD
"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Continuum as a Teaching Tool for Medical Students"

2007 Grant Recipients:

Colin Chalk, MD
"The Script Concordance Test: A New Tool for Assessing Clinical Judgment in Neurology"

Lori Schuh, MD
"Study of Inter-rater Reliability, Variability and Concurrent Validity of the Neurology Examination Exercise"


For additional questions, please contact: Nancy Poechmann, Program Manager, Education, at npoechmann@aan.com or (612) 928–6103.