TY - JOUR
T1 - Lack of Accredited Clinical Training in Movement Disorders in Europe, Egypt, and Tunisia
AU - Tamás, Gertrúd
AU - Fabbri, Margherita
AU - Falup-Pecurariu, Cristian
AU - Teodoro, Tiago
AU - Kurtis, Mónica M.
AU - Aliyev, Rahim
AU - Bonello, Michael
AU - Brozova, Hana
AU - Coelho, Miguel Soares
AU - Contarino, Maria Fiorella
AU - Corvol, Jean Christophe
AU - DIetrichs, Espen
AU - Ben Djebara, Mouna
AU - Elmgreen, Søren Bruno
AU - Groppa, Sergiu
AU - Kadastik-Eerme, Liis
AU - Khatiashvili, Irine
AU - Kostić, Vladimir
AU - Krismer, Florian
AU - Hassan Mansour, Alia
AU - Odin, Per
AU - Gavriliuc, Olga
AU - Olszewska, DIana Angelika
AU - Relja, Maja
AU - Scheperjans, Filip
AU - Skorvanek, Matej
AU - Smilowska, Katarzyna
AU - Taba, Pille
AU - Tavadyan, Zaruhi
AU - Valante, Ramona
AU - Vujovic, Balsa
AU - Waldvogel, Daniel
AU - Yalcin-Cakmakli, Gul
AU - Chitnis, Shilpa
AU - Ferreira, Joaquim J.
N1 - Funding Information:
JCC reports grants from Sanofi, personal fees from Idorsia, Ever Pharma, Denali, Biogen, Air Liquide, Brainerver and Theranexus, outside the submitted work.
Funding Information:
FC reports travel support from Boston Scientific, grants from Medtronic and AbbVie, fee of consultancies from CHDR, personal fees from Novartis Pharma BV, non-financial support from Global Kinetics Corporation, outside the submitted work.
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FK reports grant from MSA Coalition, outside the submitted work.
Funding Information:
JJF reports grants from GlaxoSmithKline, Grunen-thal, Fundac¸ão MSD (Portugal), TEVA, MSD, Allergan, Novartis, Medtronic, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, TEVA, Lundbeck, Solvay, BIAL, Merck-Serono, Merz, Ipsen, Biogen, Acadia, Allergan, Abbvie and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals; personal fees from Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, CNS - Campus Neurológico Sénior, BIAL and Novartis, outside the submitted work.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Background: Little information is available on the official postgraduate and subspecialty training programs in movement disorders (MD) in Europe and North Africa. Objective: To survey the accessible MD clinical training in these regions. Methods: We designed a survey on clinical training in MD in different medical fields, at postgraduate and specialized levels. We assessed the characteristics of the participants and the facilities for MD care in their respective countries. We examined whether there are structured, or even accredited postgraduate, or subspecialty MD training programs in neurology, neurosurgery, internal medicine, geriatrics, neuroradiology, neuropediatrics, and general practice. Participants also shared their suggestions and needs. Results: The survey was completed in 31/49 countries. Structured postgraduate MD programs in neurology exist in 20 countries; structured neurology subspecialty training exists in 14 countries and is being developed in two additional countries. Certified neurology subspecialty training was reported to exist in 7 countries. Recommended reading lists, printed books, and other materials are the most popular educational tools, while courses, lectures, webinars, and case presentations are the most popular learning formats. Mandatory activities and skills to be certified were not defined in 15/31 countries. Most participants expressed their need for a mandatory postgraduate MD program and for certified MD sub-specialization programs in neurology. Conclusion: Certified postgraduate and subspecialty training exists only in a minority of European countries and was not found in the surveyed Egypt and Tunisia. MD training should be improved in many countries.
AB - Background: Little information is available on the official postgraduate and subspecialty training programs in movement disorders (MD) in Europe and North Africa. Objective: To survey the accessible MD clinical training in these regions. Methods: We designed a survey on clinical training in MD in different medical fields, at postgraduate and specialized levels. We assessed the characteristics of the participants and the facilities for MD care in their respective countries. We examined whether there are structured, or even accredited postgraduate, or subspecialty MD training programs in neurology, neurosurgery, internal medicine, geriatrics, neuroradiology, neuropediatrics, and general practice. Participants also shared their suggestions and needs. Results: The survey was completed in 31/49 countries. Structured postgraduate MD programs in neurology exist in 20 countries; structured neurology subspecialty training exists in 14 countries and is being developed in two additional countries. Certified neurology subspecialty training was reported to exist in 7 countries. Recommended reading lists, printed books, and other materials are the most popular educational tools, while courses, lectures, webinars, and case presentations are the most popular learning formats. Mandatory activities and skills to be certified were not defined in 15/31 countries. Most participants expressed their need for a mandatory postgraduate MD program and for certified MD sub-specialization programs in neurology. Conclusion: Certified postgraduate and subspecialty training exists only in a minority of European countries and was not found in the surveyed Egypt and Tunisia. MD training should be improved in many countries.
KW - Movement disorders
KW - Parkinson's disease
KW - curriculum
KW - education
KW - neurology
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U2 - 10.3233/JPD-202000
DO - 10.3233/JPD-202000
M3 - Article
C2 - 32651331
AN - SCOPUS:85095461553
SN - 1877-7171
VL - 10
SP - 1833
EP - 1843
JO - Journal of Parkinson's Disease
JF - Journal of Parkinson's Disease
IS - 4
ER -