title: Changing child neurology training: evolution or revolution?
abstract: Child neurology training must change as our understanding of the diseases of the developing nervous system increases. A proposed child neurology training path leading to certification in child neurology would eliminate all but 3 months of adult neurology training; however gaining approval for a new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) training program would be an arduous task. I review why this change would add significant administrative and financial burdens and how this change in training could negatively affect the education of child neurology residents. I believe that modifications of the current training requirements already underway could achieve the same aims with fewer losses.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. greenwor@neurology.unc.edu
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000193:education*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*