Clinical neurophysiology education in residency

✍ Scribed by MD Stuart A. Schneck

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 230 KB
• Volume: 33
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0364-5134
• DOI: 10.1002/ana.410330618

✦ Synopsis

In the interest of improving our specialty of neurology, consider the following assertions: (1) Three years of residency training are no longer sufficient to teach and assimilate all the neurological knowledge and clinical skills needed by a modern neurologist. ( ) Too many clinical neurophysiological studies are performed poorly. (3) The usual 2 to 3-month training period in clinical neurophysiology during residency often is not sufficient to ensure clinical and technical expertise. These statements are deliberately provocative. I hope that they will encourage a dialogue among the Association of University Professors of Neurology, neurological training program directors, and other leaders in our field and result in some overdue changes. My opinions have been derived from service on the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Neurology