• Dario Marotta, Stephen L Aita, Andrew Witten, Ali S Haider, and Aaron Cohen-Gadol.
• Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, Alabama, USA; Department of Neurology, Division of Neuropsychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
• World Neurosurg. 2022 May 1; 161: 450-458.e2.

ObjectiveOur goal was to investigate the presence of surveys to assess neurosurgical educational content and to propose a novel standardized Neurosurgical Education Outcomes Survey (NEOS) with compatible statistical analyses.MethodsGoogle Scholar and PubMed were used to conduct a structured literature review for articles published between January 2000 and July 2021 and containing standardized methodology for assessing neurosurgical educational content.ResultsFifteen studies identified during the search assessed virtual and in-person educational content; however, the literature lacked a standardized assessment. A standardized NEOS was proposed before a comprehensive discussion of compatible statistical analyses.ConclusionsThe NEOS may offer a viable option for comparing in-person and virtual content with respect to learner preferences and subjective and objective feedback. Future studies are needed to explore practical utility in enhancing the quality of neurosurgical educational content.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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