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Building a neuroinfectious disease consensus curriculum
Arun Venkatesan1, Felicia C Chow1, Allen Aksamit1
1From the Neuro-Infectious Diseases Section (A.V., F.C.C., A.A., R.B., T.P.B., C.J., D.M.P., K.L.R., J.R., D.S., T.A.C.), American Academy of Neurology, Minneapolis, MN; Johns Hopkins University (A.V., D.S.), Baltimore, MD; University of California (F.C.C., C.J.), San Francisco; Mayo Clinic (A.A.), Rochester, MN; Blue Sky Neurology (R.B.), Englewood, CO; Rush Medical College (T.P.B.), Chicago; University of Colorado and Colorado School of Public Health (D.M.P.), Aurora; Indiana University (K.R.), Indianapolis; Remyelix Neurology & Multiple Sclerosis Institute (J.R.), Tampa, FL; University of Iowa (T.A.C.), Iowa City.
Objective:
To delineate a comprehensive curriculum for fellowship training in neuroinfectious diseases, we conducted a modified Delphi approach to reach consensus among 11 experts in the field.
Methods:
The authors invited a diverse range of experts from the American Academy of Neurology Neuro-Infectious Diseases (AAN Neuro-ID) Section to participate in a consensus process using a modified Delphi technique.
Results:
A comprehensive list of topics was generated with 101 initial items. Through 3 rounds of voting and discussion, a curriculum with 83 items reached consensus.
Conclusions:
The modified Delphi technique provides an efficient and rigorous means to reach consensus on topics requiring expert opinion. The AAN Neuro-ID section provided the pool of diverse experts, the infrastructure, and the community through which to accomplish the consensus project successfully. This process could be applied to other subspecialties and sections at the AAN.
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