The period of residence for future neurologists will pass, the four current years, to six.

– since health is maintained within the core subjects to the specialty of Neurology, will the period of residence have to increase two years so that you can fulfill the criteria of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and titles can be validated in Europe

-La SEN and the National Commission of Neurology have begun to develop the plan European neurologists 2 + 4 ” with the objective that the titles of specialist may continue being homologated

-currently, Spain is the European country that fewer hours dedicated to the specialty of Neurology for obtaining the academic degree and in post-graduate training, than only to Albania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Moldova. With the entry into force of the core subjects, the situation would worsen even more

Spain, January 2013.- the final draft of Royal Decree which regulates the core subjects and other aspects of the system of health training specializing in health sciences, which likely will be approved in a few daysstill inside the trunk the speciality of Neurology. Faced with this situation, the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN) warns that, at the time which comes into force this Royal Decree, the formative period of the future neurologists will have to necessarily increase two years more – current age four will become six -to comply with the European requirements.

Since the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) requires a minimum of four years of specific training in neurology to validate titles in Europe, the SEN asserts that the National Commission on Neurology, responsible for drafting the new specialty training programmeIt will be obliged to increase the current duration in two years. Necessarily have to do so that he can emulate the rest of European countries since the binding nature of the Royal Decree to devote two years to the trunk, leaves only two specific to the specialty ”. For this reason why the SEN and the National Commission of Neurology have begun to develop the plan European neurologists 2 + 4 ” with the aim that the titles of specialist may continue being approved.

Also, the SEN recalls that because Neurology is composed of many subspecialties, working with a variety of pharmacological arsenal and a variety of diagnostic tests and, moreover, 80% of rare diseases are neurological, increase two years the current lineup will also need to core subjects system does not worsen the current lineup, already in itself, quite scarce. Today comply with the European standard because, to ensure that the guards are specific and formative, has been equated with clinical training ”.

Currently, and according to the study published in the journal European Journal of Neurology, in which training programmes in European countries, Spain Neurology discusses not only stands out as that fewer hours dedicated to the specialty for obtaining the academic degree (only 20 hours in front of the media 114), but that is situated to the queue (in terms of years of residence and months of specific training) post-graduate training, only beating Albania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Moldova.

of does not change this situation, and with the entry into force of the Royal Decree of the core subjects, to reduce the years of specific training, would spend to occupy the penultimate place ”, brought from the SEN. In addition, if the trend of European countries in relation to the formation of Neurology in the last decade, unable to verify that the vast majority had increased their years of specific training. Spain would be the only European country that was the way to reverse, placing us among the poorest Neurology formations in Europe, and making that our professionals are the least competitive ”.

At the end of last November, the SEN presented the results of an anonymous survey, conducted among its nearly 3,000 members, with the aim of seeking the views of its members on the current draft of core subjects. It found not only that 89% of Spanish neuroscientists are contrary to the current draft of core subjects, but that reduce the formative period, 88% consider that it would mean serious prejudice in the formation of the future neuroscientists.

It is necessary to try to improve the formation of a specialty that, it occupies not only treat the Group of diseases most prevalent in our country, but that its impact will continue to grow together with the development of society and life expectancy ”, brought from the SEN.