Key result
A survey of US neurology residency program directors highlighted an urgent need for additional education and specialized training in Women's Neurology.
There is an urgent need for specialized training and fellowship programs in Women's Neurology to address current educational gaps.
Highlights training gaps that may affect care for women with neurological conditions; leaves open the effectiveness of proposed educational interventions.
Women's Neurology is an emerging subspecialty that focuses on neurologic disorders across a woman's lifetime. This new domain recognizes that both health and disease are directly affected by hormonal and reproductive changes throughout the life span. This field includes neurologic diseases with a higher prevalence in women and diseases that require specialized management during pregnancy, postpartum period, lactation, and menopause. A survey was sent to US neurology residency program directors to understand the state of training in the area. Their responses highlighted an urgent need for additional education in this field for neurology residents. In this study, we discuss the educational gaps in this area, the clinical benefits of a women's neurology discipline, and the instructional gaps in this area and provide practical recommendations for training programs in women's neurology using 2 innovative fellowship programs.
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LaHue et al. (2022) studied Women's Neurology training. Specialized training in Women's Neurology was evaluated on State of training in Women's Neurology. A survey of US neurology residency program directors highlighted an urgent need for additional education and specialized training in Women's Neurology.
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