NENS301A

VISITING: Closed to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Required. DESCRIPTION: The Neurology Core Clerkship is designed to train students in the systematic, logical approach to clinical neurology via the comprehension and application of the neurologic history and physical exam in the evaluation and management of neurological diseases. Responsibilities differ among the clerkship sites, however a common core of teaching and exposure to a variety of neurologic patients encounters and experiences will be presented to all students. Complete evaluation of neurologic patients through competent performance and interpretation of the neurologic history and examination and command of the practical knowledge of clinical conditions affecting the nervous system is anticipated by the end of the clerkship. Students are assigned to the following locations for training: Stanford Hospital Neurology Inpatient Wards; Stanford Neurology Adult Outpatient Clinics; Stanford Hospital Neurology Intensive Care Unit; Stanford Neurosurgery service; Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Child Neurology Inpatient Consultation service; Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) Neurology Inpatient Consultation and Outpatient Clinic services; the Palo Alto Veterans Administration (PAVA) Inpatient Consultation and Outpatient Clinic services. Selection of a 2 week experience at the Stanford Hospital Neurology Inpatient Ward, Stanford Hospital Neurology Intensive Care Unit, Stanford Neurosurgery, or Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Child Neurology Consultation service sites will be automatically paired with a 2 week experience in the Stanford Neurology Adult Outpatient Clinics to ensures clinical exposure to both inpatient and outpatient neurology at every clerkship site and all these venues satisfy the core graduation requirement for the Required Neurology Clerkship. Regardless of site location, students are expected to attend the core didactics of the clerkship in person at Stanford School of Medicine main campus (or virtually during the COVID19 pandemic) that take place once weekly on Wednesdays and end at 6:00PM, as well as a mandatory in-person, full-day orientation on the first day of the period. Passing of the NBME Subject Exam in Neurology is a required component of the clerkship and materials for study are provided to each student in support of this effort. PREREQUISITES: None. For students requesting placement on neurosurgery service, preference is given to students who have completed the core surgical clerkship. However, student must have completed formal OR SCRUB TRAINING. Advanced students with clerkship experience are preferred for the neurocritical care (ICU) site placement. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 4-9 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Kenneth Leung, M.D., leungk25@stanford.edu and Brian J. Scott, M.D., bjscott@stanford.edu. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Brittany Rodriguez, MPH, bayleen@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: TBA; Time: TBA. CALL CODE: 1. OTHER FACULTY: Neurology, Neurosurgery and Neuro Pediatrics staff. LOCATION: SUMC, PAVAMC, SCVMC, LPCH.