Residency Training: The Review Committee for Neurology

Nevel, Kathryn; Southerland, Andrew M; Kilgore, Shannon; Gutmann, Laurie

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“…At his first meeting in 1908, the SNG listed 108 ordinary members. The number increased to 144 in 1930, 166 in 1956, 295 in 1987, 420 in 2003, and 691 in 2018 5 ; a marked increase linked also to the creation of the Swiss Association of Young Neurologists (SAYN), with 135 SAYN members out of 691 in 2018. 6 The increase over the 30 years parallels the progresses in neurological care and the rising need for neurologists.…”

Section: The Growth Of Swiss Neurologymentioning

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The new Swiss postgraduate training (residency program) in neurology

Galimanis

Pasquier

2018

Clinical and Translational Neuroscience

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Following the creation of the first university chair for neurology (Zurich 1894), the Swiss Neurological Society (SNG) was founded in 1908.. In 1932, neurology was recognized in Switzerland as an independent specialty and included in the medical (undergraduate) curriculum. The postgraduate training (residency program) in neurology lasted first 4 years (including 1 year of internal medicine, 0.5 years of psychiatry and 2.5 years of clinical neurology as mandatory rotations). In 1985, it grew to 5 years, and in 1996 to 6 years (including 1 year of internal medicine, 3 years of clinical neurology, and 1 year of clinical neurophysiology). Considering the results of a survey among young neurologists and "landscape changes" such as the increasing subspecialization, economic pressure, requirements for research, number of foreign doctors, and restrictions of working hours, the SNG undertook a revision which was approved in 2016. Today, the Swiss neurology postgraduate training includes 1 year of internal medicine, a "common trunk" of 3 years of general neurology (with 1 year of clinical neurophysiology including sleep), and 2 years of "fellowships" with rotations in different subspecialties and up to 12 months of research.

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Section: The Growth Of Swiss Neurologymentioning

confidence: 99%