Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of co-disciplinary teaching on clinical ability of postgraduates in the practice of intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM). Methods From January, 2010 to March, 2016, 36 postgraduates of rehabilitation therapy were randomly assigned into group S (n=18) and group SA (n=18), who were taught IONM by a doctor of Department of Spine and Spinal Cord or the same doctor and another anesthesiologist. The IONM ability of the postgraduates in both groups in the spine and spinal cord surgery was evaluated. Results The IONM ability of postgraduates was significantly stronger in group SA than in group S (t=4.704, P<0.001), especially in the prevention and settlement of the disturbance. Conclusion The co-disciplinary teaching is effective on the clinical ability of postgraduates.

Key words: co-disciplinary teaching, intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring, spine and spinal cord surgery, anesthesiology