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NEUROLOGY 1987;37:820
© 1987 American Academy of Neurology

Neurology residency training programs in the United States

J. F. Kurtzke, MD, G. B. Beringer, DrPH, D. R. Bennett, MD, B. O. Berg, MD, M. Goldstein, DO, MPH and T. S. Vates, Jr, MD

Neurology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Department of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine (Dr. Kurtzke), Washington, DC; the Department of Community Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine or. Beringer), Kansas City, KS, the Department of Neurology, University of Nebraska College of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine (Dr. Bennett), Omaha, NE; the Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of California Medical School (Dr. Berg), San Francisco, CA; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke (Dr. Goldetein), Bethesda, MD; and (Dr. Vates, Jr.) Wilmington. DE.

A survey of 127 neurology residency training programs (124 approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; 3 by the American Osteopathic Association) in the United States indicated that 80% were sponsored by medical schools. Of the 2,700 MD neurology faculty in 1982, 3/5 were full-time. As of 1982, there were 1,300 neurology trainees, including 334 fourth-year postgraduates (PG4s); 21% were women, and 3% held DO degrees. From 1980 through 1983, about 6,000 PG4s were produced, and for 1984 through 1990 the program directors estimated that this lumber will be about 3,000; our own projection, however, was only 2,400.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Kurtzke, Neurology 127, VA Medical Center, 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20422.

Supported by the American Academy of Nurology, the Vetarans Administration (Neuroepidemiology Research Program), and the University of Kansas (Department of community Health).

Received June 14, 1986. Accepted for publication in final form August 26, 1986.