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Neurology is becoming increasingly global, including practice, research, and education. Indeed, more than one-third of attendees at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting come from abroad (personal communication, AAN, September 10, 2013), and in 2012, approximately 64% of all manuscripts submitted to Neurology® came from outside the United States (personal communication, Kathy Pieper, September 9, 2013). There is a growing interest in global health electives by US and Canadian medical students and residents, who are increasingly seeking opportunities for international electives. In this issue of Neurology, Lyons et al.1 report the results of a survey to assess opportunities for global health electives in neurology residency training programs conducted by the AAN Graduate Education Subcommittee and the Member Research Subcommittee. They found that such electives are few, occurring in just over half of the responding programs; lack of funding appears to be the major obstacle in setting up such electives. Although only 61% of neurology program directors completed the survey, which may have skewed the results, 3 major themes emerged from the comments posed by the survey respondents.
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