Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Medical education.

Medical education is the understanding of how medical knowledge is taught and practiced and encompasses not just medical students, but resident trainees, colleagues, and the community. While there is a growing emphasis in medicine on "clinician-educators," neurology training has only slowly developed formal opportunities in medical education. Here we highlight the current opportunities in residency and beyond, and explore options for further medical education infrastructure within neurology.

A comparison of early versus late conversion from intravenous to oral therapy in the treatment of septic arthritis.

Background: Clinical outcomes of children with bacterial septic arthritis, common in the pediatric age group, are often satisfactory with early recognition, prompt surgical drainage, and appropriate antibiotic therapy. However, the optimal duration and route of antibiotic administration for treatment of septic arthritis continues to be debated, as traditional treatment favored longer intravenous (IV) therapies yet oral regimens are increasingly available that are more cost effective, safe and produce satisfactory disease resolution.

Methods: Records of 186 patients from two children's hospitals, one that was thought to convert from IV to oral antibiotic therapy considerably earlier than the other, treated between 1985 and 1995 for bacterial septic arthritis were reviewed.