The student will work under the direct supervision of the attending pediatric neurologist in the outpatient clinics and will participate in the care of inpatients and in consultations. The student will gain insight into the clinical evaluation and management of such common pediatric Neurologic problems as epileptic seizures, headache, developmental delay, behavioral disturbance, neoplasms and neuromuscular disease. In addition to supervised participation in patient care, instruction is provided through faculty-student discussions, resource material and basic reading material. The student will also gain a basic understanding of diagnostic studies useful in Neurologic disorders such as the electroencephalogram, computed cranial tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Time will be provided for reading, and the student will be encouraged to attend the academic Neurology conference and the Child Neurology conference every other Thursday as well as other appropriate conferences.
Research projects are available, but optional.
Rehabilitation Medicine seeks to improve physical, functional and psychosocial abilities in persons with disabilities. This rotation offers students the opportunity to spend the rotation either on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Service at the Sticht Center, or an outpatient clinical experience at CompRehab Plaza and the Clinical Science Building. The students on the inpatient rotation will serve in the acting intern capacity. Types of conditions seen are primarily neurological and include stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis. Students may design their own schedules according to their interests.