Child Neurology Residency Program Goals and Objectives

Educational Goals and Objectives

Overall Goals

1. To train the next generation of neurological practitioners, investigators, and educators.
2. To prepare physicians for the independent practice of clinical pediatric neurology by providing training based upon supervised clinical work with increasing responsibilities for outpatients and inpatients.
3. To provide a foundation of organized instruction in the basic and clinical neurosciences.
4. To help the physician to develop skills in the education of others regarding neurological illness, including medical students, residents, peers, colleagues, and patients.

Overall Objectives

1. During the three years of Child Neurology Residency Training, residents will be exposed to all of the major areas of pediatric neurology including neuro-ophthalmology, neuromuscular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, movement disorders, critical care, clinical neurophysiology, behavioral neurology, neuroimmunology, infectious disease, neuro-otology, neuroimaging, neurooncology, headache and pain management, neurogenetics, neurosurgery, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine.
2. Residents will learn the basic sciences upon which clinical neurology is founded, including neuroanatomy, neuropathology, neurophysiology, neuroimaging, neuropsychology, neural development, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, epidemiology, and statistics.
3. Upon successful completion of the three-year program, the resident will be able to practice pediatric neurology competently, professionally, and independently, including the diagnosis and management of common neurological disorders, the performance of procedures considered to be within the realm of general neurology (such as lumbar puncture, Tensilon testing, and caloric testing), and interpretation of results of specialized testing.