FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY

We sent a behavioral neurology fellowship questionnaire to each of the training directors of 160 neurology residency programs throughout the world, seeking information about programs offering advanced training in behavioral neurology (or similar fellowships in cognitive neurology , neurobehavior, or cognitive neuroscience). Response rate was 100%. T hirty-four respondents reported active fellowship programs in behavior al neurology, and 28 additional respondents indicated that a behaviora l neurology fellowship was planned. Nine of the 34 programs (26.5%) de fined themselves as exclusively or predominantly concerned with dement ia and age-related neurobehavioral disorders. Directors of the 34 acti ve fellowship programs estimated that their combined programs had grad uated 199 fellows and were currently training fifty. Most fellowships concentrated on outpatient clinical training, with teaching required b y 78.1% and research required by 81.8%. Specialty certification for be havioral neurology was favored by over 75% of behavioral neurology fel lowship training directors but by only 30% of training directors in re sidency programs without behavioral neurology fellowships. Behavioral neurology training programs have grown dramatically in response to an increased recognition of the academic interest in and the clinical nee ds for these services.