Longitudinal Neurosciences Selective

Catalog description

The fourth year ambulatory longitudinal rotation in neurosciences follows neurosurgical patients from admission in the NSICU, through their operative encounter, and then on to their neuro-rehabilitation. The student will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing hands-on care in the inpatient, intensive care, and neuro-rehabilitative settings. The student is assigned selected hospitalized neurosurgical patients during their first two weeks of the rotation. The student will participate in the planned or emergent operative care of these selected patients. Once these patients are transferred to the inpatient and rehabilitative setting, the student will follow them through their recovery and rehabilitation. Student time will be spent equivalently across the different patient locations with emphasis placed on continuity of care. Faculty members in both Neurological Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation will supervise this experience. Credit Hour s : 5 Prerequisites: Successful completion of five of the seven core clerkships with two of the five being the Neurology Clerkship and the Surgery Clerkship