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Neurology Medical Student Programs

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.

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Goals of the Program

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.

Branches Electives

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
Program Leadership
labcoat Douglas J Gelb
Clinical Professor of Neurology and Associate Chair for Education
Department of Neurology