Pediatric neurology referrals in Armenia: lessons we can learn.

The pace of change in medicine—in the world—means that we cannot afford to live in silos. We need to reach beyond our borders, to teach, and to be taught, by people from other disciplines, with other politics, from other cultures. On that premise, and considering the prevalence of ethnic Armenians among his in-laws, one of us (Dr Bingham) arranged a 5-month sabbatical in Armenia. In addition to conducting collaborative teaching exercises and clinical work, the project, sponsored by the Fulbright Scholar Program of the US State Department, aimed to better understand working relationships between pediatric neurologists and pediatricians in the context of referral.