Impact of postgraduate medical education on recognition of stroke.
Insufficient awareness persists in the general medical community regarding risk factors, warning signs, and prevention strategies for stroke. A survey of 308 internal medicine residency programs showed only 144 (46%) required neurology compared with cardiology (97%, P <0.001). Furthermore, an inverse relationship was identified between the number of medicine residents completing neurology rotations and the stroke mortality by state (r = 0.41; P = 0.001). Underrepresentation of neurology in internal medicine residency programs may contribute to stroke outcome.
Maron
Bradley A
BA
Department of Neurology, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. bradley.maron@bmc.org
Dansereau
Lynne M
LM
Maron
Barry J
BJ
Easton
J Donald
JD
D001364:Awareness; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control