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Abstract
The emerging field of teleneurology is delivering quality care to neurologic patients in increasingly numerous technologies and configurations. Teleneurology is well-positioned to address many of the logistical issues neurologists and their patients encounter today. However, formalized medical training has not caught up with this developing field, and there is a lack of formal education concentrating on the specific opportunities and challenges of teleneurology. Considering this, the American Academy of Neurology Telemedicine Work Group identified equivalencies with which any practitioner of teleneurology should be familiar. The purpose of this curriculum is not to define teleneurology or mandate where its use is appropriate, but rather to provide guidance on basic equivalencies that students, residents, and practitioners should know while practicing teleneurology. Comprehensive training in clinical bedside neurology is necessary to safely practice teleneurology and the components of this curriculum are an extension of that training. In this article, we offer a detailed discussion on the rationale for the contents of this curriculum and conclude by providing a model curriculum and an outline for evaluating residents in teleneurology.
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- AAN=
- American Academy of Neurology;
- ACGME=
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;
- FSMB=
- Federation of State Medical Boards
Footnotes
Approved by the Practice Committee on October 15, 2016, and by the AAN and AANI Boards of Directors on November 10, 2016.
This guideline was endorsed by the American Telemedicine Association on April 19, 2017.
Go to Neurology.org for full disclosures. Funding information and disclosures deemed relevant by the authors, if any, are provided at the end of the article.
- Received January 25, 2017.
- Accepted in final form June 6, 2017.
- © 2017 American Academy of Neurology
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