Poliomyelitis: a new old disease. What is the value of continuing education programs for health professionals?

The understanding of patients with epilepsy with regard to how their disease is managed: The role of health professionals

“…In particular, health professionals should be responsible for providing care/management to patients with different types of health intervention (prescription of diet and physical activity and emotional/psychological support), in routine medical consultations, and during emergencies. To this end, our research group has previously demonstrated that there is poor understanding of neurological diseases (including epilepsy) among health professionals [4][5][6][7]. In a survey by Vancini et al [5], nutritionists, physical educators, and physiotherapists received lower scores on their epilepsy knowledge test than other health professionals (medical doctors, psychologists, and nurses), demonstrating that improvement in education about epilepsy and inclusion of formal programs for epilepsy education, especially for nonmedical professionals, are needed.…”