Inpatient Acting Internship - Adult Neurology

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Goals: Provide students with advanced expertise in the neurologic evaluation of patients in primarily the in-patient setting, but also to involve basic neurologic problems in the out-patient clinic. Student will be expected to improve skills in both taking the neurological history, as well as performing the neurological examination. In addition, students will be expected to improve their differential diagnostic abilities for neurologic disease, as well as enhance their skills in management of neurological patients both in a ward and clinic environment. Objectives: The Student will Improve skills in obtaining a neurologic history and performing a neurologic examination. Become familiar with the performance and interpretation of EEGs, EMG/Nerve Conduction Studies, Sleep Studies, Evoked Response Testing, EEG Telemetry and neurophysiological surgical monitoring by accompanying their patients to these procedures. Improve performance of certain procedures such as the lumbar puncture, and in interpretation of Neuroimaging Studies. Improve diagnostic abilities in neurologic disease, especially in those problems presenting as cognitive disturbances, altered mental status, syncope/seizures, sensory and motor disturbances, basal ganglion dysfunction, and headache presentations. Learn to choose and utilize various medications seen in neurologic practice as those for management of stroke, epilepsy, dementia, movement disorders, central nervous system infections, neuromuscular junction and headache problems; as well as conditions such as spasticity and neuropathic discomfort.