Neurology® Podcast

1) Comparative effectiveness research and 2) ACGME proposals for work duty hours. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Michael Benatar interviews Dr. Jacqueline French about her paper on comparative effectiveness research. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Guillain-Barré-like syndrome with thallium poisoning. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Lori Schuh about ACGME recommendations for work duty hours for our Lesson of the Week. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. French, Overman, and Burns. Dr. French has served on scientific advisory boards for UCB, Johnson & Johnson, Eisai Inc., Novartis, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Icagen, Inc., Ikano Therapeutics Inc., Sepracor Inc., and Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; has received funding for travel from UCB, Ky