FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON April 02, 2022
New Neurology® Education Journal Announced
SEATTLE – The American Academy of Neurology announces today its newest journal, Neurology® Education, which joins the flagship journal Neurology® and its three spin-off journals. The new online peer-reviewed journal will publish original research articles to inform the science of teaching, learning, and training in neurology and neuroscience. The mission of Neurology: Education is to provide neurology practitioners, clinical educators, and trainees with outstanding peer-reviewed education research articles, curriculum innovations, evidence-based teaching, and commentaries to enhance teaching and learning in neurology and neuroscience. While designed for clinical educators, the journal will be free to readers worldwide. Neurology: Education will be a continuous online-only journal with issues compiled two to four times per year. José G. Merino, MD, MPhil, FAAN, FAHA, editor-in-chief of Neurology, said of the new publication, “There is a need for a rigorous journal that publishes robust research on neurologic and neuroscience education. This journal fills that gap. Through it, the AAN serves the neurologic academic community. It will focus on research that will help better educate the future generations of neurologists.” The newly appointed editor for Neurology: Education is Roy Strowd III, MD, MEd, MS, FAAN, currently the associate editor and section editor for the Resident & Fellow Section of Neurology, where he has managed the education portfolio for the journal. “Neurology has a strong tradition of phenomenal teachers and a commitment to great education,” said Strowd. “Now as much as ever, our field needs outlets to develop, disseminate, and promote evidence-based teaching practices that help us train a competent, fulfilled, and inquisitive current and future neurology workforce. Neurology: Education is an extremely exciting step in this direction. I hope that this journal can help provide a forum for the academic community to exchange ideas, discuss new innovations, and highlight advances that will enhance neurologic and neuroscience teaching and training.” Strowd is a board-certified neurologist, fellowship trained neuro-oncologist, and educator at Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is assistant dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and director of the Health Professions Education Institute at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Strowd completed his MD and MS degrees at Wake Forest and Master of Education in the Health Professions at Johns Hopkins School of Education. Of his over 100 peer-reviewed research articles, more than 30 are specific to medical education. He is former associate editor for Medical Education Online. Neurology: Education joins the Neurology family of publications: Neurology, the official journal of the AAN, Neurology® Clinical Practice, and the online journals Neurology® Genetics and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. When posting to social media channels about the new journal, we encourage you to use the hashtags #Neurology and #AANscience.