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Rakusa M, Sieminski M, Rakusa S, Falup-Pecurariu C, Fronczek R, Hidalgo H, Muntean ML, Pijpers A, Cochen De Cock V, Pizza F, Schmidt M, Schreier DR, Baldin E, Bassetti CLA, Kallweit U. Awakening to sleep disorders in Europe: Survey on education, knowledge and treatment competence of European residents and neurologists. Eur J Neurol 2021; 28:2863-2870. [PMID: 34077587 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Sleep-wake disorders are common in the general population and in most neurological disorders but are often poorly recognized. With the hypothesis that neurologists do not get sufficient training during their residency, the Young European Sleep Neurologist Association (YESNA) of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) performed a survey on postgraduate sleep education. METHODS A 16-item questionnaire was developed and distributed among neurologists and residents across European countries. Questions assessed demographic, training and learning preferences in sleep disorders, as well as a self-evaluation of knowledge based on five basic multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on sleep-wake disorders. RESULTS The questionnaire was completed by 568 participants from 20 European countries. The mean age of participants was 31.9 years (SD 7.4 years) and was composed mostly of residents (73%). Three-quarters of the participants reported undergraduate training in sleep medicine, while fewer than 60% did not receive any training on sleep disorders during their residencies. Almost half of the participants (45%) did not feel prepared to treat neurological patients with sleep problems. Only one-third of the participants correctly answered at least three MCQs. Notably, 80% of participants favoured more education on sleep-wake disorders during the neurology residency. CONCLUSIONS Education and knowledge on disorders in European neurological residents is generally insufficient, despite a strong interest in the topic. The results of our study may be useful for improving the European neurology curriculum and other postgraduate educational programmes.
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- Martin Rakusa
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology, County Emergency Clinic Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University Brasov, Brasov, Romania
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Sleep-Wake Centre SEIN, Heemstede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sleep and Neurology, Beau Soleil Clinic, and EuroMov Digital Health in Motion, University of Montpellier IMT Mines Ales, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Neurology, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology, Clinical Sleep and Neuroimmunology, and Center for Biomedical Education and Research, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
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Rakusa M, Rot U. Toward a unified European curriculum – reforming national residency programme in Slovenia. Eur J Neurol 2020; 27:e80. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.14441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Rakusa
- Department of Neurology University Medical Centre Maribor Maribor Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology Division of Neurology University Medical Centre Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia
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A high-impact freezing rain event affected parts of southeastern Romania on 24–26 January 2019. The freezing rain caused extensive damages in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania. The meteorological analysis highlighted the presence of a particular synoptic pattern involving a high-pressure system advecting cold air mass at low levels, while at mid-levels a warm and humid intrusion was associated with a low-pressure system of Mediterranean origin. At Bucharest, the vertical profiles from ERA5 and radiosondes emphasized the presence of a thick warm layer between 1000–1400 m above the re-freezing layer close to the surface. A climatology of freezing rain events in Bucharest was built to understand the frequency and intensity of this phenomenon. On average, there were approximately 5 observations of freezing rain in Bucharest per year between 1980–2018. The number of consecutive freezing rain days was used as a proxy for the event severity. Moderate-duration events (2 consecutive days) represented 16 periods of all 59 non-overlapping freezing rain periods in Bucharest and long-duration events (3 consecutive days) represented 3 periods. The monthly distribution showed that freezing rain occurs more frequently between December–February with a maximum in December. The moderate and long-duration freezing rain events were associated with two main sub-synoptic patterns related to the Carpathians lee cyclogenesis.
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Papp V, Balicza P, Sauerbier A, Klingelhöfer L, Zis P, Gyorfi O, Macerollo A. European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees in 2016: the year of changes and the introduction of the Residents and Research Fellows section of the European Academy of Neurology. Eur J Neurol 2016; 23:e49-51. [PMID: 27431026 DOI: 10.1111/ene.13044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- V Papp
- Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- King's College London and King's College Hospital, Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Nyiro Gyula Hospital - National Institute of Psychiatry and Addiction, Budapest, Hungary
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London, UK
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Rakusa M, Struhal W, Gak S, Tanprawate S, Balicza P, Khawaja AM, Schneider LD. Voice of young neurologists around the world. Neurology 2016; 86:e40-1. [PMID: 26810430 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Martin Rakusa
- From the Department of Neurology (M.R.), University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia; Department of Neurology (W.S.), General Hospital of the City of Linz, Austria; Medical and Education Service (S.G.), Maribor, Slovenia; The Northern Neuroscience Center (S.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University, Thailand; Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders (P.B.), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Neurology (A.M.K.), University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital; and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (L.D.S.), Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University, CA.
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.R.), University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia; Department of Neurology (W.S.), General Hospital of the City of Linz, Austria; Medical and Education Service (S.G.), Maribor, Slovenia; The Northern Neuroscience Center (S.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University, Thailand; Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders (P.B.), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Neurology (A.M.K.), University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital; and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (L.D.S.), Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University, CA
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.R.), University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia; Department of Neurology (W.S.), General Hospital of the City of Linz, Austria; Medical and Education Service (S.G.), Maribor, Slovenia; The Northern Neuroscience Center (S.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University, Thailand; Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders (P.B.), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Neurology (A.M.K.), University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital; and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (L.D.S.), Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University, CA
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.R.), University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia; Department of Neurology (W.S.), General Hospital of the City of Linz, Austria; Medical and Education Service (S.G.), Maribor, Slovenia; The Northern Neuroscience Center (S.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University, Thailand; Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders (P.B.), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Neurology (A.M.K.), University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital; and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (L.D.S.), Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University, CA
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.R.), University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia; Department of Neurology (W.S.), General Hospital of the City of Linz, Austria; Medical and Education Service (S.G.), Maribor, Slovenia; The Northern Neuroscience Center (S.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University, Thailand; Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders (P.B.), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Neurology (A.M.K.), University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital; and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (L.D.S.), Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University, CA
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.R.), University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia; Department of Neurology (W.S.), General Hospital of the City of Linz, Austria; Medical and Education Service (S.G.), Maribor, Slovenia; The Northern Neuroscience Center (S.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University, Thailand; Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders (P.B.), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Neurology (A.M.K.), University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital; and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (L.D.S.), Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University, CA
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.R.), University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia; Department of Neurology (W.S.), General Hospital of the City of Linz, Austria; Medical and Education Service (S.G.), Maribor, Slovenia; The Northern Neuroscience Center (S.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University, Thailand; Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders (P.B.), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Neurology (A.M.K.), University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital; and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (L.D.S.), Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University, CA
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Balicza P, Györfi O, Papp V, Sauerbier A, Moarcas M, Macerollo A, Sellner J. The European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees in 2015: strengthening collaboration with the European Academy of Neurology. Eur J Neurol 2015; 23:675-8. [PMID: 25974709 DOI: 10.1111/ene.12721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- P Balicza
- Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Nyírő Gyula Hospital, National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark
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- King's College London and King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Brasov, Brasov, Romania
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Aldo Moro University of Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy.,Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.,Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Györfi O, Moarcas M, Balicza P, Macerollo A, Sellner J. The European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees in 2014: the dream of a united European neurology enters the limelight. Eur J Neurol 2014; 21:941-5. [PMID: 24919426 DOI: 10.1111/ene.12355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- O Györfi
- Department of Neurology, Mures County Emergency Hospital, Targu Mures, Romania.
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Struhal W, Mellgren SI, Grisold W. Three important steps to European neurology harmonization: core curriculum, visitation program, European board examination. Eur J Neurol 2013; 20:e101-4. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.12177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- W. Struhal
- Department of Neurology; AKH Linz; Linz; Austria
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- Department of Clinical Medicine (Neurology); Faculty of Health Sciences; University of Tromsø and University Hospital of North Norway; Tromsø; Norway
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- Department of Neurology; Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital; Vienna; Austria
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Macerollo A, Varga ET, Györfi O, Kobeleva X, Paterson RW, Sellner J. The European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees in 2013: striking a blow for European junior neurologists. Eur J Neurol 2013; 20:e54-8. [PMID: 23490115 DOI: 10.1111/ene.12114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The main objective of the European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT), an independent Brussels-based association of junior neurologists, is to represent and promote the interests of European junior neurologists. METHODS AND RESULTS A wide variety of projects and activities are ongoing, carried out by members of the organization in close collaboration with major European and National Neurology bodies. Most recently, we surveyed European junior neurologists about their views on the European Board of Neurology Examination, the status of e-learning in postgraduate neurology training and migration patterns of young neurologists. CONCLUSIONS The aim of this paper is to outline the current and future activities of the EAYNT. We run a series of lectures ('EAYNT special sessions') at the major European conferences and disseminate information to young neurologists at the EAYNT booth. We provide information about travel grants, fellowships as well as sharing personal experiences of working abroad. EAYNT members have the opportunity to sit on the scientific subcommittees of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and European Neurological Society (ENS), to chair poster sessions and review abstracts. Furthermore, we continue to provide a forum for young neurologists from all over Europe to network and socialize by means of get-together events and hospital visits.
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- A Macerollo
- Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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Varga ET, Róna-Vörös K, Holler N, Sztriha LK, Sellner J. An exciting mix of education, science, and European culture: the activities of the EAYNT in 2011. Eur J Neurol 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03387.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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