CORE 8002 - Neurology

2 credit hours

The Neurology clerkship is a required, two-week Core rotation. This clerkship is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the integration of didactic knowledge and clinical experiences. Students may receive exposure to a diverse community of patients in ambulatory, inpatient settings or remote or Telehealth encounters. Wherever possible, learning will occur as part of an integrated set of experiences where students will participate in the care of a panel of patients that may provide experience from several traditional disciplines. Following the American Osteopathic Association’s Core Competencies, students will be provided with a multifaceted view of Neurolog . It is designed to provide medical students with the opportunity to learn how to care for patients with neurological symptoms and disorders through practical contact and observation. The experience is centered on direct patient care.

Throughout the clerkship, osteopathic medical students should approach the care of the patient through a whole person perspective. With this multidimensional approach, the patient’s physical complaints are considered in the context of their mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing as well as contributing factors that include their family circle, community, environment, and social determinants of health. Students should always function in a professional manner, as a member of the interprofessional healthcare team, and continually strive to provide optimum quality patient care and services in a complex system.

Students are expected to interact with and provide appropriate care for all patients they encounter during this clerkship regardless of whether or not the patient’s condition is listed in the reading objectives.

During the Neurology clerkship, students are expected to develop their competencies in many basic clinical skills. While not every required skill can be performed during this brief rotation, the student should avail him/herself of as many of the following procedures as possible, and to seek out opportunities to perform these skills in other rotations as well.