Educational conferences and research training also supplement neurology residency programs. Those specializing in child neurology will spend two years in a general pediatric residency, or a year in both internal medicine and pediatrics, or one year in research and one year in pediatrics. Residents in child neurology then spend at least one year in adult neurology service and two years in a child neurology service. After completing residency training, neurologists can choose to enroll in a fellowship program. A fellowship offers a neurologist the opportunity to develop expertise in a subspecialty of neurology such as stroke, dementia or movement disorders.
Fellowship programs range from one to two years.
Upon completion of residency training, a neurologist may seek certification from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.