Conferences for Neurology Residents
Conferences are held Monday – Thursday at noon. Residents have protected time to attend all neuroscience didactic offerings with the services being covered by Attending Physicians, rotating interns, and Neuroscience APNs. Topics include localization, board review, case studies, and core neurology curriculum.
Additional weekly/monthly required conferences Heading link
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What is it?
Conducted once daily, starts between 8:30 and 9:00 am based on attending preference. This is a core teaching rounds based or inpatient stroke, general neurology and consult services.
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What is it?
This is held monthly, with emphasis on key neurology articles, controversial issues/treatment, evidence based guidelines for patient care.
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What is it?
Cases are drawn from Neurology and Neurosurgery and are conducted by Dr. Sarah Martin, Pathology Department. Monthly brain cutting sessions are held in the Anatomical lab of the JUMP building. This is an interactive conference that all learners on service attend.
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What is it?
Held every Friday between 8:00 – 9:00 am, topics alternate between Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and research topics. The Neurology department has hosted many distinguished lecturers. The Neurology resident is expected to present a topic of their interest at grand rounds yearly.
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What do these include?
- 10 day Paid New Resident Orientation
- Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Ethics Curriculum
- Residents As Teachers Program
- Practice Management Seminar
- Evidence-Based Medicine Discussions
- All Resident Quality and Safety Rounds
- Quality Improvement/Patient Safety, 3 year curriculum
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What is it?
Brain death determination and management requires a unique blend of up-to-date knowledge, technical skills, and interpersonal skills to assure accurate diagnosis and optimize family coping.
Our program is a very unique opportunity for our region and is offered in conjunction with Gift of Hope. The Brain Death Simulation Workshop is offered twice per year to the following groups:
- Residents
- APP
- Faculty
- Participants from outlying institutions
The goal of this workshop is to provide attendees with a comprehensive experience that will enhance confidence with the most contemporary approach to brain death determination and management