The neurology clerkship at the University of Michigan Medical School is a required four-week experience in the second year.
The goal is to teach students the principles and skills underlying the recognition and management of the neurological diseases that a general medical practitioner is most likely to encounter in practice. Further discussion of the core curriculum for the neurology clerkship is available at the American Academy of Neurology website.
Knowledge
- Recognition of which symptoms and signs suggest neurologic disease
- Ability to localize the region(s) in the nervous system where malfunction could produce a given constellation of symptoms and signs
- Ability to generate a differential diagnosis for a given constellation of symptoms and signs
- Ability to decide which diagnostic tests will narrow the differential
- Familiarity with clinical features of the most commonly encountered neurologic conditions: cerebrovascular disease, seizures, headaches, back pain, incontinence, visual symptoms, disequilibrium, dementia, movement disorders, neuromuscular disease and acute mental status changes
Skills
- Ability to elicit historical information relevant to a patient’s symptoms to identify and characterize neurologic disease
- Ability to perform a neurologic examination and to identify significant abnormalities
- Ability to deliver a concise, logically organized and complete presentation (both oral and written) of a patient’s history and physical, with a discussion of localization, differential diagnosis, diagnostic plan and treatment plan
Procedures
Learn to perform a lumbar puncture and interpret the results. Note: The ability to interpret lumbar puncture results is a primary goal of the clerkship. The ability to perform a lumbar puncture is a secondary goal, to be accomplished if possible, but it is not a requirement.
The M3 and M4 year, collectively known as the Branches, will prepare you for residency and continue you on the path to being a physician making meaningful impact in your area of interest.
The electives we offer in the Department of Neurology prepare medical students for residency and a successful career in the field of Neurology.
Our medical students have access to a Canvas portal that provides detailed curriculum information that is customized by year.
- NEUROL-6400 - Neurology Req Clerkship at UMH
- NEUROL-8100 - Epilepsy Elective at UMH
- NEUROL-8101 - Headache and Pain Management
- NEUROL-8102 - Movement & Cognitive Disorders at UMH
- NEUROL-8103 - Multiple Sclerosis/Neuroimmunology at UMH
- NEUROL-8104 - Sleep Medicine at UMH
- NEUROL-8105 - Crosby Apprenticeship Elective at UMH
- NEUROL-8150 - Clinical Individually Arranged-2 Week at UMH
- NEUROL-8155 - Clinical Pilot-2 week at UMH
- NEUROL-8170 - Clinical Domestic Away-2 Week at DOMAWAY
- NEUROL-8180 - Clinical International Away-2 Week at BRD
- NEUROL-8200 - Consult Service at UMH
- NEUROL-8250 - Clinical Individually Arranged-4 Week at UMH
- NEUROL-8270 - Clinical Domestic Away-4 Week at DOMAWAY
- NEUROL-8280 - Clinical International Away-4 Week at BRD
- NEUROL-8350 - Nonclinical Individually Arranged-2 Week at UMH
- NEUROL-8370 - Nonclinical Domestic Away-2 Week at DOMAWAY
- NEUROL-8380 - Nonclinical International Away-2 Week at BRD
- NEUROL-8440 - Clinical Research at UMH
- NEUROL-8441 - General Research at UMH
- NEUROL-8450 - Nonclinical Individually Arranged-4 Week at UMH
- NEUROL-8470 - Nonclinical Domestic Away-4 Week at DOMAWAY
- NEUROL-8480 - Nonclinical International Away-4 Week at BRD
Department of Neurology
