Publications by authors named "Carolyn Cahill"
Background And Objectives: To understand the challenges and facilitators of a successful academic neurology research career broadly and to identify gender-based disparities specifically.
Methods: In 2019, participants self-identifying as researchers, preregistered for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, ≥7 years out of residency, and authors of ≥1 AAN meeting abstract submission (2006-2009) were selected to participate in the qualitative study (purposeful sampling strategy). To increase diversity, 15 participants were invited by members involved in the AAN until interviews were complete.
Background And Objectives: To assess gender disparities in neurology researcher careers in the United States.
Methods: A 34-question survey was distributed to 4,644 US-based American Academy of Neurology members who self-identified as researchers in 2020 addressing the following domains: research and funding, scholarly activities, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) effect, and local institutional climate.
Results: A total of 700 (15%) individuals completed the survey (women, n = 231; men, n = 426), with 71% White and >80% conducting research.
For many neurologic subspecialties, the fellowship application process begins early in the first half of the second year of neurology-specific training (PGY3 for adult neurology residents and PGY4 for child neurology residents). In 2019, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) published a position statement recommending communication between fellowship candidates and training programs begin no sooner than March 1 of the penultimate year of training and that programs offer fellowship positions no sooner than August 1 of the final year of training. A few pilot subspecialties adopted this timeline for 2021 recruitment for positions beginning in 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To better understand the reasons medical students select or avoid a career in neurology by using a qualitative methodology to explore these factors, with the long-term objective of attracting more graduates to the field.
Methods: In 2017, 27 medical students and 15 residents participated in 5 focus groups, and 33 fourth-year medical students participated in semistructured individual interviews. Participants were asked predefined open-ended questions about specialty choice, experiences in their basic neuroscience course and neurology clerkship, and perceptions about the field.
Objectives: To identify factors associated with medical students becoming neurologists because, despite the increasing burden of neurologic disorders, there is a growing neurologist shortage.
Methods: Deidentified data from the Association of American Medical Colleges Matriculating Student Questionnaire (MSQ) and Graduation Questionnaire (GQ) were obtained for the graduation years 2013 to 2014 through 2016 to 2017. Logistic regression was used to assess demographic characteristics and responses to training and career-related questions in association with specialty choice (intent to enter neurology).
Objective: To survey graduating US neurology residents on the topics of debt, fellowship interview process, future plans, and their readiness for practice and business management tasks.
Methods: An electronic survey was sent to all US American Academy of Neurology member adult and child neurology residents graduating in June 2017.
Results: The response rate was 23.
Objective: To survey adult neurology program directors (PDs) and inform the future development of neurology training programs.
Methods: All US adult neurology PDs were invited to complete the survey. The goals were to determine the demographic makeup of residency programs, characterize curricula, understand PD and program needs, and compare results to those of a similar survey in 2007.
Objective: To report a 2017 survey of all US medical school neurology clerkship directors (CDs) and to compare the results to similar surveys conducted in 2005 and 2012.
Methods: An American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors (CNCD) workgroup developed the survey that was sent to all neurology CDs listed in the AAN CNCD database. Comparisons were made to similar 2005 and 2012 surveys.
Background: The Stroke & Vascular Neurology Section of the American Academy of Neurology was charged to identify challenges to the recruitment and retention of stroke neurologists and to make recommendations to address any identified problems. The Section initiated this effort by determining the impact of stroke on-call requirements as a barrier to the recruitment and retention of vascular neurologists.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey of a sample of US Neurologists providing acute stroke care.
Objective: To study and provide an update on the state of clinical research in neurology in the United States.
Methods: US American Academy of Neurology members and chairs of departments of neurology were surveyed regarding clinical research in 2016. NIH data on the neuroscience pipeline and extramural grant funding were also collected.
The interaural level difference (ILD) is a sound localization cue that is extensively processed in the auditory brain stem and midbrain and is also represented in the auditory cortex. Here, we asked whether neurons in the auditory cortex passively inherit their ILD tuning from subcortical sources or whether their spiking preferences were actively shaped by local inhibition. If inherited, the ILD selectivity of spiking output should match that of excitatory synaptic input.
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