- Title
- Stroke doctors: who are we? A World Stroke Organization survey
- Creator
- Meretoja, Atte; Acciarresi, Monica; Sato, Shoichiro; Wu, Bo; Brainin, Michael; Norrving, Bo; Davis, Stephen; Akinyemi, Rufus O.; Campbell, Bruce; Dowlatshahi, Dar; English, Coralie; Henninger, Nils; Poppe, Alexandre; Putaala, Jukka; Saini, Monica
- Relation
- International Journal of Stroke Vol. 12, Issue 8, p. 858-868
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747493017701150
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Background: Specialist training provides skilled workforce for service delivery. Stroke medicine has evolved rapidly in the past years. No prior information exists on background or training of stroke doctors globally. Aims: To describe the specialties that represent stroke doctors, their training requirements, and the scientific organizations ensuring continuous medical education. Methods: The World Stroke Organization conducted an expert survey between June and November 2014 using e-mailed questionnaires. All Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries with > 1 million population and other countries with > 50 million population were included (n = 49, total 5.6 billion inhabitants, 85% of global strokes). Two stroke experts from each selected country were surveyed, discrepancies resolved, and further information on identified stroke-specific curricula sought. Results: We received responses from 48 (98%) countries. Of ischemic stroke patients, 64% were reportedly treated by neurologists, ranging from 5% in Ireland to 95% in the Netherlands. Per thousand annual strokes there were average six neurologists, ranging from 0.3 in Ethiopia to 33 in Israel. Of intracerebral hemorrhage patients, 29% were reportedly treated by neurosurgeons, ranging from 5% in Sweden to 79% in Japan, with three neurosurgeons per thousand strokes, ranging from 0.1 in Ethiopia to 24 in South Korea. Most countries had a stroke society (86%) while only 10 (21%) had a degree or subspecialty for stroke medicine. Conclusions: Stroke doctor numbers, background specialties, and opportunities to specialize in stroke vary across the globe. Most countries have a scientific society to pursue advancement of stroke medicine, but few have stroke curricula.
- Subject
- stroke; education; training; curriculum; specialist; workforce; organization; college
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1399635
- Identifier
- uon:34647
- Identifier
- ISSN:1747-4930
- Language
- eng
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