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，经常逃避诊断，导致容易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紊乱的教育。该提案旨在通过向家庭医学、儿科学、内科学、神经学和心脏病学的全科医生传播有关植物神经紊乱的信息来改善患者护理。这一目标将通过为儿科和成人初级保健医生和全科医生举办第一次以患者为基础的自主神经疾病研讨会/讲习班来实现。研讨会将包括介绍性讲座，病人与临床医生的互动，以及与会者和自主神经专家小组之间的讨论。此外，目前的医生在自主神经紊乱的知识将通过我们的快速筛查工具之前和之后的研讨会进行评估，并将结果与随机抽样的医生的结果进行比较。 公共卫生相关性：尽管自主神经紊乱的患病率很高，并造成灾难性的后果，但对医学生和住院医生的教育却很少。因此，经常看到这些患者的初级保健医生很难正确诊断这种疾病并有效地治疗患者。在“自主神经疾病和晕厥研讨会”上向初级保健医生和其他保健专业人员传播有关自主神经疾病的知识，将大大改善对患有这些毁灭性和认识不足的疾病的众多患者的护理。

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.