Autonomic Disorders & Syncope Workshop

描述（由申请人提供）：由于自主神经系统疾病涉及一组连接纤维而不是特定器官，这些疾病跨越专业界限，经常无法诊断，导致实施易于获得和有效的患者治疗延迟4-5年。此外，由于该领域没有明显的冠军，在医学院或住院医师水平上几乎没有关于自主神经障碍的教育。该提案旨在通过向家庭医学、儿科、内科、神经病学和心脏病学的全科医生传播有关自主神经疾病的信息来改善患者护理。这一目标将通过为儿童和成人初级保健医生和全科医生组织第一次以患者为基础的自主神经障碍专题讨论会/讲习班来实现。研讨会将包括介绍讲座，患者-临床互动，与会者和自主神经专家小组之间的讨论。此外，我们将在研讨会前后通过我们的快速筛查仪器评估医生目前在自主神经疾病方面的知识，并将结果与随机抽样医生的结果进行比较。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since diseases of the autonomic nervous system involve a set of connecting fibers rather than a specific organ, these diseases cross specialty boundaries and frequently elude diagnosis, causing a 4-5 year delay in the implementation of easily available and effective patient treatment. In addition, since the field has no obvious champion, there is virtually no education on autonomic disorders at the medical school or residency levels. This proposal aims to improve patient care by disseminating information about autonomic disorders to generalists in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, neurology and cardiology. This objective will be met by assembling the first patient-based symposium/workshop in autonomic disorders for pediatric and adult primary care physicians and generalists. The workshop will include introductory lectures, patient-clinician interactions, and discussion between attendees and a panel of autonomic specialists. In addition, current physician knowledge in autonomic disorders will be assessed through our rapid screening instrument before and after the workshop, and the results will be compared with results from a random sample of physicians. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Despite the high prevalence and catastrophic consequences of autonomic disorders, very little education is provided to medical students and residents about them. Consequently, primary care physicians who commonly see these patients struggle to correctly diagnose the disorder and effectively treat the patient. The dissemination of knowledge on autonomic disorders to primary care physicians and other health care professionals at the "Autonomic Disorders & Syncope Workshop" will greatly improve the care of the numerous patients afflicted with these devastating and under-recognized diseases.