Neurology

Catalog description

It is expected that the student will accomplish the following educational informational goals during the clerkship. This can be achieved by evaluating patients on the in-patient, consult, and clinic services as well as participating in clinical problem solving during the lectures and conferences. The student is expected to know the clinical history, examination findings and appropriate decision analysis for patients with the following disorders: headache and face pain; dizziness-vertigo and episodic loss of consciousness; weakness and gait impairment; stupor and coma; cerebrovascular disease; seizures and epilepsy; traumatic injury - brain and spine; neurobehavioral disorders, including dementia, amnesia and aphasia; central nervous system infection; abnormal involuntary movements, including Parkinsonism; demyelinating disorders (multiple sclerosis and its mimics); neurological complication of medical illness; stroke; delirium & dementia; neuromuscular disorders; acute spinal cord disorders. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.