Curriculum

The Child Neurology Residency Program rotation schedule is structured so that your responsibilities in teaching and patient care increase as you gain greater experience. You will follow patients longitudinally throughout your residency in your continuity clinic.

Clinical training

A typical schedule includes the following rotations:

Rotation	Length
Child and adolescent neurology (inpatient and outpatient)	12 months
Adult neurology (inpatient & outpatient)	12 months
Core clinical neurophysiology	2 months
Child Psychiatry	1 month
Electives	9 months

Rotations

The first rotation is in child neurology so you can become oriented to Nemours and the Division of Neurology. Your time will be divided between the inpatient and outpatient services. You also will attend a course in basic neurology through afternoon teleconferences that are shared between Nemours and Mayo Clinic.

The adult and child neurology rotations are integrated throughout the three years. In the first year there are seven months of adult and three months of child neurology. In the second year there are three months of adult and three months of child neurology. Finally, in the third year, you will have two months of adult and six months of child neurology.

Child neurology - Inpatient service

During hospital rotations at the adjacent 160-bed Wolfson Children's Hospital you will admit and care for patients on the neurology service and provide neurological consultations for the general pediatric service, PICU, NICU, pediatric medical and surgical subspecialties and the emergency room.

You will gain experience with a wide variety of acute and sub-acute neurological diseases, from common to unusual pediatric neurological problems. The neurology in-patient service at Wolfson includes adult and child neurology residents, pediatric and at times family practice residents and students. Child neurology residents are expected to coordinate team activity and participate in teaching of more junior residents and students.

Child neurology - Outpatient service

The child neurology outpatient clinic serves both primary and consultative patients from other pediatric services. All patients are seen under the supervision of an attending child neurologist.

You will have the opportunity to see and manage a broad spectrum of pediatric neurological problems and you will gain experience in the evaluation and treatment of common and unusual neurological disorders in children and adolescents of all ages. In addition, you will have an opportunity to work in our Neurocognitive Testing Center with our Neuropsychologist and School Psychologists to participate in the assessment of children with a diverse array of developmental, learning, communication and cognitive disorders.

In your first year, you will have your own child neurology continuity clinic for one-half day every other week. In the second and third years of training, your pediatric continuity clinic will be one-half day every week allowing you the opportunity to follow a panel of your own patients over a period of several years under the supervision of an attending neurologist.

Adult neurology - Inpatient services

During your inpatient assignments you will evaluate neurological disorders in the inpatient setting, including the intensive care unit. You will also learn to evaluate and treat neurological emergencies in the Mayo Clinic hospital emergency room and will participate in daily teaching rounds.

Adult neurology - Outpatient services

While on outpatient rotations, you will evaluate patients with common and unusual neurological conditions. You will participate in daily case discussions and have outpatient education opportunities on special outpatient teaching services. In your first year you will have one-half day of adult neurology continuity clinic every other week under the supervision of an attending neurologist.

Core clinical neurophysiology

During the first two months of your second year, you and the all Mayo Jacksonville adult neurology residents will have an intensive clinical neurophysiology rotation. This assignment includes didactic instruction and practical experience in the basics of:

• Autonomic function testing
• Electroencephalography (EEG)
• Electromyography (EMG)
• Electronystagmography
• Evoked potentials
• Nerve conduction studies (NCS)
• Polysomnography

After completing this rotation, you can spend elective time in EEG, EMG or the sleep service.

Child psychiatry

In your second year, you will spend one month with the Division of Psychology and Psychiatry at Nemours where you will be exposed to an array of inpatient and outpatient psychological and psychiatric disorders.

Electives

You will have nine months of elective rotations to use throughout your residency. There typically are two months of elective in the first year, three months in the second year and four months in the third year. In addition to further training in child neurology, you have many elective options in clinical, laboratory specialty and research at Nemours, Mayo Jacksonville and Mayo Rochester.

Didactic training

Clinical conferences, seminars, small discussion groups, journal clubs and one-on-one instruction are all an integral part of the Child Neurology Residency Program. Nemours and Mayo Clinic have an integrated teleconference system that allows residents to attend conferences at any site without having to travel.

Child neurology residents — while on adult neurology rotations — will participate in Mayo adult neurology teaching conferences and have the opportunity to attend selected adult conferences in person or via teleconference. Similarly there are dedicated child neurology clinical conferences, journal club, neuroradiology and other conferences in which resident attendance and participation is expected. In addition there are formal didactic courses that are required during your residency.

Over your three years of training, you will take core clinical neurology, neuroscience, neuroanatomy, neuropathology and ethics courses in addition to the required two month clinical neurophysiology course at the start of your second year.

Research training

You will be encouraged but not required to complete one or more research projects in clinical, laboratory and/or basic investigation during your neurology residency. To facilitate development of research skills Nemours offers courses in Research Methodology and Evidence Based Medicine which residents are encouraged to attend.

Short-term research projects

Short-term research projects require a two- to six-month commitment and do not take time away from your residency responsibilities. You will have ample opportunity to pursue projects such as patient-generated case reports and chart reviews under the supervision of a faculty research mentor.

Long-term research projects

Long-term research projects (typically longer than six months) require time away from your residency responsibilities. You can apply for a long-term project any time during your residency. You must first obtain permission from the Program Director and identify a faculty research mentor.

• July 11, 2012
• ART253133