Abstract
Background
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has established a core curriculum of topics for residency training in neurocritical care. At present there is limited data evaluating neurology residency education within the neurological intensive care unit. This study evaluates learner concerns with the neurological intensive care unit.
Methods
The Communication Committee and Resident & Fellow Taskforce within the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) developed an online survey that consisted of 20 selection and free-text based questions. The survey was distributed to NCS members and then to neurology residency program directors. Statistical analysis of neurocritical care exposure were completed with t or Fisher exact test with p-value <0.05 considered significant.
Results
A total of 95 individuals from 32 different residency programs (36.5 % response rate) responded to the questionnaire. Most individuals train with neurocritical care attendings, fellows and advanced practitioners and have neurocritical care exposure during multiple years of residency training. 54 % of responders cite improvement in education as a means to improve neurocritical care training. Those that raised concern had no difference in time in the neurocritical care unit (9.4 weeks vs 8.8 weeks), exposure to trained neurointensivists, neurocritical care fellows or advanced providers (p value 0.53, 0.19, 0.83, respectively).
Conclusions
There is significant learner concern regarding education within the neurointensive care unit. Although there are educational guidelines and focused neurocritical care educational materials, these alone do not satisfy residents’ educational needs. This study demonstrates the need for educational changes, but it does not assess best strategies nor curricular content.
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We would like to thank JoAnn Tai and Tessa A. Wegenke from the NCS administrative office for all their help in distributing and reviewing the survey.
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Lerner, D.P., Kim, J. & Izzy, S. Neurocritical Care Education During Residency: Opinions (NEURON) Study. Neurocrit Care 26, 115–118 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-016-0315-1
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