Medical Student Elective - Child Neurology

Elective Rotations:

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGY
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE
PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE AND GENETICS
PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEADICS
PEDIATRIC INPATIENT (q4 call)
PEDIATRIC SURGERY
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
INPATIENT PEDIATRICS
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
OUTPATIENT PEDIATRICS
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Department: PEDIATRICS
Rotation Title: Child Neurology
Faculty: Gary Bobele, MD, Carol DeLine, MD
Location: Driscoll Children’s Rehabilitation Medical Center
Duration: 4 Weeks
Number of Students: One
When Offered: All Year
Rotation Hours: Contingent upon physician’s schedules
Prerequisite(s): 4th Year Status

Goals-The faculty will strive to:

Include the student in all aspects of the practice of Child Neurology
Demonstrate accurate history and physical assessment skills as pertains to neurological problems in children
Provide daily brief discussions on a clinical neurology topic
Make learning resources readily available to the student
Role model problem solving approaches to neurologic complaints in children

Objectives-At the end of the rotation, the student will be able to:

Obtain an accurate and complete developmental and neurologic history
Perform complete neurologic exam in infants, children, adolescents
Understand appropriate evaluation and treatment of childhood epilepsy
Have familiarity with common neurologic problems in childhood (headaches, developmental delay, school problems, tics)
Know indications for neurologic testing and limitations – EEG, CT, MRI, NCV, EMG, muscle biopsy, LP

Learning Activities:

Attendance and participation in daily general child neurology clinics
Attendance at multidisciplinary clinics – spina bifida, cerebral palsy
Accompany attendings on inpatient rounds – floors, PICU, NICU; observation of EEG, NCV, EMG
Attendance at morning report, noon conferences and Grand Rounds provided by the Pediatrics Department
Independent reading, video viewing, lecture searches of clinical problems encountered during rotation

Learning Resources:

Selected recent review articles (8)
Handbook of Child Neurology
Clinical Child Neurology (Fenechel)
Textbook of Child Neurology (Menkes)
Video series of childhood seizures

Evaluation:

Direct observation/monitoring of participation and clinical performance
Clinical evaluation form
Student evaluation of rotation

If you would like to apply for an elective rotation at Driscoll Children's Hospital, please complete the application and Dean's Approval Statement and either email, fax or mail to:

Medical Student Coordinator
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 South Alameda, Corpus Christi, Texas 78411
Office (361) 694-4069
Fax (361) 694-5466
Email resapp@dchstx.org

Medical Student Elective - Child Neurology

Goals-The faculty will strive to:

Objectives-At the end of the rotation, the student will be able to:

Learning Activities:

Learning Resources:

Evaluation:

If you would like to apply for an elective rotation at Driscoll Children's Hospital, please complete the application and Dean's Approval Statement and either email, fax or mail to:

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