Education and Training

Education and Courses

The Department of Neurology offers courses and training experiences for undergraduates, medical students, and graduate students. Examples of the current course offerings are provided below:

Neurology courses:
View the Timetable for current Neurology course listings
4th Year Neurology Elective

Neuroscience Clerkship (3rd and 4th year medical students)
The Neuroscience Clerkship is a cooperative effort involving five departments: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Medicine, Neuroradiology, and Ophthalmology. It expands the traditional scope of clinical neuroscience beyond Neurology and Ophthalmology with the intention of preparing future primary care physicians to help manage neuroclinical problems that, in the past, were largely managed by specialists. Over the course of six weeks students focus on five interrelated clinical disciplines, each requiring knowledge of neuroanatomic principles and the neurologic exam. They discover how these specialties collaborate, which clinical problems each discipline handles best, and when referral for specialty care is appropriate.

Faculty in the Neurology Department provide clerkship lectures on the adult neurologic exam, neuromuscular disorders, neurological localization and diagnosis of the cortex, movement disorders, medical management of stroke, neurogenetics, headache, seizures and EEG, multifocal CNS disorders, and acute mental status change.

To learn more about the clerkship visit the Neuroscience Clerkship website.

Neurology faculty teaching involvement

Anatomy (Svendsen)
Anesthesiology (Backonja)