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Trends in American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology specialties and neurologic subspecialties.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20855855     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To review the current status and recent trends in the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) specialties and neurologic subspecialties and discuss the implications of those trends for subspecialty viability.
METHODS: Data on numbers of residency and fellowship programs and graduates and ABPN certification candidates and diplomates were drawn from several sources, including ABPN records, Web sites of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Medical Association, and the annual medical education issues of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
RESULTS: About four-fifths of neurology graduates pursue fellowship training. While most recent neurology and child neurology graduates attempt to become certified by the ABPN, many clinical neurophysiologists elect not to do so. There appears to have been little interest in establishing fellowships in neurodevelopmental disabilities. The pass rate for fellowship graduates is equivalent to that for the "grandfathers" in clinical neurophysiology. Lower percentages of clinical neurophysiologists than specialists participate in maintenance of certification, and maintenance of certification pass rates are high.
CONCLUSION: The initial enthusiastic interest in training and certification in some of the ABPN neurologic subspecialties appears to have slowed, and the long-term viability of those subspecialties will depend upon the answers to a number of complicated social, economic, and political questions in the new health care era.
Authors:
L R Faulkner; D Juul; R M Pascuzzi; M J Aminoff; P K Crumrine; S T Dekosky; R F Jozefowicz; J M Massey; N Pirzada; A Tilton
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurology     Volume:  75     ISSN:  1526-632X     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurology     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-21     Completed Date:  2010-10-08     Revised Date:  2011-06-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401060     Medline TA:  Neurology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1110-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2150 E. Lake Cook Road, Suite 900, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, USA. lfaulkner@abpn.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Fellowships and Scholarships / trends*
Humans
Neurology / trends*
Specialty Boards / trends*
United States
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5 U10 NS044460/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; AG05133/AG/NIA NIH HHS; AG14449/AG/NIA NIH HHS; AT00162/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS; NS045803/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; NS045911/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; NS30318/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; R01 NS0442685-0142/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; R01 NS37167/NS/NINDS NIH HHS
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Comment In:
Neurology. 2011 May 10;76(19):1680; author reply 1680-1   [PMID:  21555739 ]

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