Recommended core curriculum for a specialist training program in neurology

2.1. The recommended duration of training is 60 months. 2.2. A minimum period of 36 months should comprise clinical neurology and this may include child neurology, intensive care, emergency room neurology, neurorehabilitation, neurosurgery and psychiatry. Some countries, for instance Germany, require a specified, compulsory period in psychiatry. 2.3. Specified sub-specialist training will be given part time or full time in (a) neurophysiology, (b) neuropathology, and (c) neuroimaging. 2.4. Optional, but recommended, sub-specialist training includes neurophysiology, neurosonology, neuroimaging, neuro-ophthalmology, neuro-otology, neuropathology, neurochemistry, neurorehabilitation, neuropsychology, neuroimmunology and neurological aspects of internal medicine, pregnancy and intensive care. 2.5. Specific educational courses, up to 200 h of duration, to cover areas such as neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroimmunology, neurogenetics, law and administration. 2.6. It is highly desirable that the training includes neurological research. Most trainees do this and it allows them to develop competence in correct scientific methods, data interpretation, medical statistics and the evaluation and production of medical publications. 3. Training sequence