A novel longitudinal framework aimed at improving the teaching of the neurologic examination.

Our results reinforce the international consensus for screening NE components and confirm a large set of additional examination steps that medical students should master, thereby indicating the need for an educational NE teaching concept. To solve this educational challenge, we propose a longitudinal curriculum that incorporates the "core + clusters" framework, thus combining the screening NE (core) with hypothesis-driven sets of maneuvers (clusters). Based on our data, we provide an initial proposal for the core and neurologic diagnostic clusters which is applicable to both novice and advanced learners across the continuum of training.