We offer many elective courses during the senior year to best serve each student’s individual needs and goals. Students with well-defined career goals and those who are still in the process of choosing a specific area to focus on have a wide assortment of electives to choose from. Most courses are two or four weeks in duration.
Students are also encouraged to approach faculty members for the development of unique courses.
| Department: | Neurology |
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| Course Number: | NEU-4050 |
| Course Name: | Clinical Neurology |
| Instructors: | Dr. Matthew Murnane |
| Course Description: | Prerequisite: Successful completion of 3rd year. AMC students must have successfully completed the 4th year required clerkship in Neurology. Visiting students may choose to take this as allowed by their own institution's policy and subject to availability and course director approval. Course Description: The student will be a member of the Neurology inpatient, stroke and consultation teams, attending daily rounds with faculty and neurology housestaff. Students will attend didactic conferences, morning report, grand rounds and other conferences as appropriate. It is expected that the student will gain a sufficient background to start learning about neurologic disorders and learn a reasonable approach to the diagnosis, evaluation and management of neurologic orders. |
| Educational Objectives: | The student will demonstrate the ability to: 1. Take a neurological history and perform a neurological examination. 2. Utilize this information to determine the presence of neurological disease and to appropriately classify it. 3. Recognize neurological emergencies and disease processes requiring urgent referral to a neurologist. |
| Types of Patients: | Adult and pediatric patients with neurologic disease/disorders, including seizures, neuromuscular disease, headaches, chronic pain, disorders of cognition, vascular disease, demyelinating disease. |
| Teaching Sessions /Conferences: | Grand Rounds, Thursdays 8:30-9:30, Huyck Auditorium Resident Teaching Conferences: 2nd and 3rd Thursdays at 4:00 Case conferences (3rd Thursdays of the rotation, 4:30-6:00 PM) |
| Resources /Readings: | Weiner & Goetz; Neurology for the Non-Neurologist - 3rd edition Adams & Victor; Principles of Neurology (accompanying handbook also acceptable); Harrison's Neurology in Clinical Medicine; Weiner & Levitt; Neurology for the House Officer; Aids to the Examination of Peripheral Nerve Injuries (Publisher: Her Majesty's Stationery Office) |
| Evaluation Method(s): | Direct Observation, Written Assignment, Patient Write-Ups, Mid-Rotation Feedback |
| Contact Information: | Course Director: Dr. Matthew Murnane, [email protected]; Course Coordinator: Marcia Lamb, [email protected] |
| Period(s) Available: | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
| Available Length: | 2 weeks 4 weeks |
| Max Students: | 2 |
| Visiting Students: | Yes |