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Faculty availability is a high priority in the Movement Disorders
Fellowship Program. Your rotations, clinic schedules and research
time are designed to maximize your interaction with faculty members.
Although you will learn and see patients with several specialists,
you will develop your own style for evaluating and managing patients.
Clinical Training
The Movement Disorders Fellowship includes participating
in the diagnosis and care management of patients in both outpatient
and inpatient settings. Patients you evaluate will be entered into
a database with their signs and symptoms evaluated and quantified
using special rating scales.
During your training, you will learn about m edication titration,
botulinum toxin injections, and electrophysiological techniques
and videotaping by seeing patients with the following movement disorders:
- Parkinson's disease
- Parkinsonism
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Multiple system atrophy
- Corticobasal degeneration.
- Hyperkinetic movement disorders
- Myoclonus
- Chorea (e.g. Huntington's disease)
- Dystonia (e.g. spasmodic torticollis)
- Tic disorders (e.g. Tourette's syndrome)
- Tremor (e.g. essential tremor)
- Hereditary and idiopathic late onset ataxias
- Psychogenetic movement disorders
- Paroxysmal dyskinesias, stiff person syndrome,
stereotypies, restless legs and ataxia
Research nurse coordinators, a genetics counselor and social workers
will assist you in providing patient care.
Didactic Training
Clinical conferences, seminars, journal clubs, and one-on-one
instruction are an integral part of Mayo Clinic's Movement Disorders
Fellowship Program.
Conferences
Throughout your fellowship you will participate, and periodically
present, at scheduled conferences:
Tuesdays – One Tuesday per month, the entire
Movement Disorders divisions at all three Mayo campuses hold a
one-hour teleconference, discussing important data on ongoing
research or medical breakthroughs pertinent to the field of movement
disorders.
Wednesdays - Weekly departmental teaching conferences
(Grand Rounds)
At Grand Rounds, research and clinical presentations are given
by Mayo Clinic faculty, visiting faculty or neurology residents.
Journal club is scheduled once a month, where the fellow is encouraged
to critically review one or two recently published journal articles
discussing various topics related to movement disorders.
Fridays - Subspecialty conferences (video-conference
from Mayo Clinic in Rochester)
These conferences focus on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and
management of neurological disorders. Subspecialty conferences
are presented on a rotating basis by all subspecialty divisions
of the Department of Neurology.
Research Training
Research is a valuable component of this fellowship. A
variety of research options are available and you are encouraged
to choose your own topics based on your interests and career goals.
Mayo Clinic is active in developing research protocols, which establish
important information about the nature of movement disorders and
treatment.
Current studies include:
- Experimental drug trials
- Neuropharmacology
- Electrophysiology
- Movement analysis
- Genetic factors in movement disorders
- Physiology and abnormal movements and Parkinson's
disease
- Use of botulinum toxin
- Surgical treatment of movement disorders
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Off-site Rotations (optional)
As part of the Movement Disorders Fellowship, you may choose
to take a rotation at either Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville or Mayo
Clinic in Rochester. Mayo Clinic funds the authorized additional
costs of travel, housing, auto rental and licensure fees, as well
as travel expenses and lodging for you and your family. Our past
fellows consistently rate these rotations highly valuable.
Evaluation
To ensure that you acquire adequate knowledge and develop
your technical skills, your performance will be monitored carefully
during the course of your fellowship and you will be formally evaluated
by the program director.
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