Peters John, Cohen Jeffrey A, Corboy John R, Hopkins Sarah E, Hua Le H, Kakara Mihir, McFaul Derek, Obeidat Ahmed Z, Yadav Vijayshree, Longbrake Erin E
Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Department of Neurology, Mellen MS Center, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH.
Neurol Educ. 2022 Sep;1(1). doi: 10.1212/ne9.0000000000200008.
Neuroimmunology is a rapidly evolving subspecialty. At this time, fellowship training is not standardized. Discrepancies exist in fellowship programs across the United States, including in faculty expertise in rarer neuroimmunologic conditions. Many graduating fellows feel uncomfortable managing the full spectrum of diseases within neuroimmunology.
To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a series of live, virtual, interinstitutional seminars educating neuroimmunology fellows on topics that may be infrequently encountered by trainees.
A steering committee of 6 neuroimmunology and multiple sclerosis fellowship program directors selected 18 topics felt to be high yield but representing unique areas of expertise. A live, interactive seminar series was organized. Recognized experts on each topic led seminars using a teleconferencing platform over the 2020-2021 academic year. Recordings were subsequently made available for asynchronous learning. Trainees were surveyed before and after the seminar series and comfort levels with each topic were recorded.
An average of 41 trainees participated in each live seminar and an additional average of 17 trainees viewed each seminar on demand. Trainee comfort levels with each topic increased after the seminar series was completed. An average of 72% of trainees self-identified as at least "comfortable" with each topic after the series compared with 26% beforehand ( < 0.0001).
A year-long series of live, interactive, interinstitutional seminars focusing on unique topics within a single subspecialty represents an effective way to increase trainee comfort levels with such topics.
神经免疫学是一个快速发展的亚专业。目前， fellowship培训尚未标准化。美国各地的fellowship项目存在差异，包括在罕见神经免疫疾病方面的教员专业知识。许多即将毕业的学员在管理神经免疫学的各种疾病时感到不自在。
评估一系列现场、虚拟、跨机构研讨会的可行性和有效性，这些研讨会就学员可能很少遇到的主题对神经免疫学学员进行培训。
一个由6名神经免疫学和多发性硬化症fellowship项目主任组成的指导委员会选择了18个被认为是高产出但代表独特专业领域的主题。组织了一系列现场互动研讨会。在2020 - 2021学年，每个主题的知名专家通过电话会议平台主持研讨会。随后提供了录音以供异步学习。在研讨会系列前后对学员进行了调查，并记录了他们对每个主题的舒适度。
平均每次现场研讨会有41名学员参加，另外平均有17名学员按需观看每次研讨会。在研讨会系列结束后，学员对每个主题的舒适度有所提高。系列结束后，平均72%的学员自我认定对每个主题至少“感到自在”，而之前这一比例为26%（<0.0001）。
为期一年的一系列现场、互动、跨机构研讨会，聚焦于单一亚专业内的独特主题，是提高学员对这些主题舒适度的有效方式。
