Introduction: Numerous professional groups and sections for the medical specialities have been organized since 1953 in the West-Transdanubian region of Hungary, but such association of neurologists had not occured. ESTABLISHING THE WEST-PANNONIC NEUROLOGICAL FORUM: The lack of regional collaboration among neurologists was related to several factors, among which the most important factor was the lack of a regional medical university, which could coordinate the professional activities. This severe gap necessitated in 1998 the organization of a professional group, that has become a driver for case-consulting conferences and different postgraduate trainings for the physicians specialized in neurology, neurosurgery and neurorehabilitation in counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas, Veszpr6m and Zala. THE FUNCTIONING OF THE FORUM: Meetings are organized twice a year for physicians and paramedical staff (nurses, hospital attendants, physiotherapists) on Thursdays afternoons in different towns of the region, in two sections. The lectures are followed by a buffet, after which everyone can get home before too late. Ocasionally guest-lecturers are invited to present scientific topics from Hungarian universities or abroad. However, the main form of the presentations is defined as case discussion.
Conclusions: The numbers of platform and other presentations in the physicians's section have exceeded half a thousand, while in the paramedical section reached the three- hundreds. At the 38. meeting of the Forum in January of this year, the number of participants was more than two-hundreds, reflecting that both physicians and their coworkers are greatly interested in this form of interactions.