Volume 15, Issue 11 pp. e94-e98

Manpower of neurologists in the post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe

V. Lisnic

V. Lisnic

EFNS Head Office, Vienna, Austria

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W. Grisold

W. Grisold

EFNS Head Office, Vienna, Austria

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E. Müller

E. Müller

EFNS Head Office, Vienna, Austria

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Education Committee of the EFNS

Education Committee of the EFNS

EFNS Head Office, Vienna, Austria

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First published: 06 October 2008
Citations: 12
Vitalie Lisnic, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2 Korolenko Street, Chisinau, MD 2028, Moldova (tel.: 373 79456641; fax: 373 22739508; e-mail: [email protected]).

Abstract

Background and purpose: Manpower of neurologists from the post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe differs very much from the number of neurologists in most of the countries of Western Europe. With the enlargement of the European Union (EU), it is necessary to consider the tendencies of manpower evolution amongst the ‘new’ European countries to be able to consider future developments, particularly in regard to education and migration.

Methods: A survey was performed to study distribution and tendencies to migrate amongst neurologists from the post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

Results: The number of neurologists per 10 000 inhabitants varies from one country to another, but is higher in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe than in most Western European countries. There are almost no available positions for neurologists in Eastern Europe, and the majority of neurologists are keen to migrate to EU countries – for further education and for financial reasons.

Conclusions: The number of neurologists in the ‘reforming and transition’ countries is considerably higher than in the countries of the EU. Many neurologists from these countries would like to migrate to countries of the EU or USA, but the existing barriers are difficult to overcome.

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