Neurology 632

Casper, WY

2546 East 2nd Street, #600
Casper, WY 82609

Site Director: David B. Wheeler, MD, PhD
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Clinic Phone: 307-265-4343; Fax: 307-234-6339
Web: http://www.wyoneuro.com

Deb Dolph
Administrator / Program Operations 
Wyoming WWAMI Office for Clinical Medical Education
Regional Affairs | UW Medicine
122 E. 17th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82001
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Pre-arrival Paperwork Requirements

None at this time. 

Housing & Travel

Housing is provided in a 2-bedroom apartment approximately two miles from the hospital, which is shared by EM and Neurology Students. The apartment is fully furnished and supplies linens. Laundry on site.  1706 E 21st St., Casper, WY 82601.  You will receive a separate email for the door code.

A car is NOT provided at this site. You will need to bring your own car.

Computer access: Wi-Fi is available in the apartment, but you will need your laptop.

First Day & Orientation

Clerkship orientation: You will need to view the away student orientation video on the Distance Learning page. Please let the clerkship coordinator know if you have questions or any difficulties viewing the video.

Equipment to bring:  Name tag and stethoscope.  Bring a reflex hammer, tuning fork (128Hz), and ophthalmoscope if you prefer your own, but they are also available in the clinic rooms.

First day: Report to clinic. The best place to park is on the north side of the clinic building in our parking lot.

Course Requirements

Course requirements are listed below. Refer to the Distance Learning page for due dates.

Pocket syllabus: A “pocket syllabus” will be mailed to you. A printable (PDF) version is also available on the Pocket Syllabus page.

Cases: Two case write-ups are due each week. Further information is available in the orientation video and on the Cases page. Your assigned case numbers are on the Distance Learning page. Please note that your assigned case numbers are different than for the Seattle-based students. Weekly case answers and video lectures will be available on the Distance Learning page on Thursdays after 1PM.

Patient log: You are required to log in the patients you have seen each week. The log is described in the clerkship orientation video. Additional details are on the Patient Log page.

Clinical & Bioethical CEX exercises: You are required to do both a clinical and a bioethical mini-CEX for this course. See the Mini-CEX page for details.

Presentations: Presentation requirements are described in the orientation video and are available on the Presentations page.

Final exam: The scheduling/notification process runs through UW Testing Services and the contact email is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. See the Final Exam page for information about the exam.

Site Expectations

General

Students are expected to spend five days per week at Wyoming Neurologic Associates unless the clinic is closed. On days the clinic is closed there is an on-call neurologist that you should work with.

The best place to park is on the north side of the clinic building in out parking lot.

The dress code for the site is clinic appropriate. White coats are optional.

Dr. Wheeler will explain how to access the clinic EMR on the first day.

Please see the pre-arrival requirements above for information about access to the hospital computer system, and ID badge.

Faculty

During the 4-weeks we hope you have exposure to the entire faculty in our neurology practice.

Dr. Wheeler is the clerkship site director. He will observe student’s performance of the neurological examination within the first two weeks of the rotation, and provide feedback. Hopefully, this will happen in the last 2 weeks, as well, to ensure mastery of the neurological examination. The clinical mini-CEX can be performed with Dr Wheeler. Please tell the site director if you have any specific goals for the month so that your experience is as good as possible.