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RESIDENCY PROGRAM
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| In the first year, the resident usually spends ten months as the junior ward resident
on adult neurology service at the University of Washington Medical Center, VA
Puget Sound Health Care System, and Harborview Medical Center. One month
is spent on the child neurology service unit at Children’s Hospital and Regional
Medical Center and the final month is an Adult Neurology outpatient clinic rotation. |
The University of Washington Medical Center
and VAPSHCS have separate inpatient and
consultation teams, which are each headed
by a first year neurology resident. The chief
resident and the attending work closely with
the first year resident to ensure superb
teaching and the highest quality patient care.
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Candidates for training in adult
neurology are required to have
had at least one year of training in
internal medicine before beginning
their neurology residency.
Candidates who successfully
match to the adult program
are guaranteed an outstanding
medicine internship at the UW
through the NRMP. |
At Harborview Medical Center, the junior
resident is responsible for management
of inpatients as part of a larger team of
physicians, pharmacists and mid-level care roviders. On call at Harborview, all
residents do consultations in the Emergency Room and throughout the hospital.
The neurology resident conducts daily work rounds and attends one to three weekly
clinics. A weekly half day of continuity clinic spans all rotations and years of training.
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Dr. Swanson examines a patient. |
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In the flexible second and third years, the resident spends time in various settings including inpatient, outpatient, research, or selective/elective services. Selectives include required, non-inpatient rotations; elective rotations are taken only as desired by individual residents. Overall, these two years include twelve months of clinical service, five months of selectives and seven months of electives. The twelve
months of clinical service include nine months of inpatient services, where the resident serves as the senior (Chief) resident and is responsible for overseeing the neurology team at that hospital. The exception is a second |
| inpatient month at Children’s, where they’re supervised by a senior pediatric neurology resident. Three additional clinical months include one month in an outpatient adult neurology
clinic, one in a child neurology clinic and one on psychiatry, outpatient or emergency. Throughout residency, the resident participates in weekly neurology conferences, a monthly journal club and attends a weekly continuity clinic, as well as a variety of general and subspecialty neurology clinics. Second and third year residents are encouraged to annually attend one department-supported national conference. There are many opportunities for participation in research or writing case reports, and faculty members are always available to help this happen. Each resident is required to make two or three presentations during Neurology Grand Rounds or other conferences per year. |
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