Table 3.

Neurosurgery education system according to individual countries

Country		Vietnam	Mongolia	Indonesia	Malaysia	Myanmar	Philippines	Sri Lanka	India	Nepal	Pakistan	Thailand	Uzbekistan	Bangladesh	Cambodia
No. of training center		10i	1b	8	2	4h	10	3	59g	4f	22	11	4	4k	1
Uniform curriculum		No	No	Yes	No	NK	Yesd	Yes	Yes	Yes	Noa	NK	NK	NK	Yes
Types of neurosurgery education	Apprenticeship		Yes							Yesc
	Structured	Yes	Yesb	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yesd	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yesj
Gen surgery requirement (years)		No	Yes (3)b	Yes	No	No	Yes (1)		O	Yes
Years of training		3	3	5.5	2 + 4	3e1	4–5	7	3d1 or 5d2	3d1	3–5a	5	3 or 4	5	4
Local sub specialization (years)		(3)	NK	Yes	No	(3)e2	NK	NK	Yesg	Yes	NK	NK	NK	NK	NK
Fellowship or oversea attachment (duration)		Yes	Yes	Yes (6 months)	No	Yes (3 months)e	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
WFNS accredited training center (number of center)		No	No	Yes (1)	Yes (1)	No	No	No	Yes (1)	No	Yes (1)	No	No	No	No
Own neurosurgery journal		No	No	Yes	Yesl	No	Yesm	Yesm	Yes	Yesl	Yes	No	No	Yes	No

NK not known, O optional

^aRefer to [7]

^bRefer to [2]

^cRefer to [8]

^dRefer to [4]

^d1With general surgery

^d2Without general surgery

^eRefer to [9]

^e13-year M.Med.Sc in neurosurgery

^e23-year doctorate program (Dr.Med.Sc.)

^fRefer to [10]

^gRefer to [11]

^hRefer to [6]

ⁱRefer to [12]

^jOnline curriculum through University of Toronto

^kRefer to [13]

^lJournal of Neurosciences

^mJournal of Neurology