تفاصيل الوثيقة نوع الوثيقة : مقال في مجلة دورية  عنوان الوثيقة : آراء الأطباءالغير متخصصين وانطباعاتهم عن الأمراض العصبية Impressions and Experiences of Non-neurologists in Neurology.   لغة الوثيقة : الانجليزية  المستخلص : Background: Neurological disorders are common in Saudi Arabia and the demand for trained neurologists is strong. We aimed to study the impressions and experiences of practicing generalists in the neurology field and examine their referral practices. Method: Attendees of “neurology for non-neurologists” symposium were included. A structured 24-item questionnaire was designed to examine their demographics, training, practice, and referral patterns. Results: 108 participants registered for the symposium and 69 (64%) questionnaires were returned. Attendee’s ages were 23-60 years (mean 35), with 53% being males. There were 46% consultants and specialists, 33.5% trainees, 14.5% students, and 6% other health professionals. Most physicians (62%) were practicing in the field of general practice or internal medicine. Only 62% received a structured neurology rotation during training. Patients with neurological complaints constituted 29.5% of those seen in their practice and they referred 33.3% to neurology. Only 13.5% and 15.5% were highly confident in diagnosing and treating these patients respectively. Those who reported seeing many patients with neurological complaints (4 on the Likert scale) were 18.8 times more likely to feel highly confident in their diagnoses (95%CI 3-195, p=0.0002) and 23 times more likely to feel highly confident in their management (95%CI 3.6-236, p=0.0005). Many physicians (20.5%) had no direct access to a neurologist for referrals. Conclusions: Many generalists did not receive a structured neurology rotation during their training and were not highly confident in diagnosing and treating neurology patients. Given the limited number of neurologists, appropriate neurological training of generalists is recommended.  ردمد : 0930-2794  اسم الدورية : Neurosciences Journal  المجلد : 4  العدد : 10  سنة النشر : 2005 هـ 2005 م  نوع المقالة : مقالة علمية  تاريخ الاضافة على الموقع : Saturday, March 13, 2010  الباحثون اسم الباحث (عربي) اسم الباحث (انجليزي) نوع الباحث المرتبة العلمية البريد الالكتروني محمد جان jan, Mohammed باحث دكتوراه   الملفات اسم الملف النوع الوصف  25909.doc doc   الرجوع إلى صفحة الأبحاث