M4 Neurology

• MED MD 455: Inpatient Clinical Neurology: General
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the field of general inpatient neurology. Students will learn how to approach the diagnosis and management of patients with non-stroke neurological disorders. In addition, students will learn to work in multi-disciplinary teams to participate in the care of complex patients.
• MED MD 456: Inpatient Clinical Neurology: Stroke
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the field of inpatient Stroke Neurology. Students will learn how to approach the diagnosis and management of patients with different forms of strokes and stroke risk factors. In addition, students will learn to work in multi-disciplinary teams to participate in the care of complex patients.
• MED MD 457: Outpatient Clinical Neurology: Movement Disorders
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the neurological subspecialty of Movement Disorders. During this 2-week elective, students will participate in different clinical activities with Movement Disorder sub-specialists. During this elective, students will learn to evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with different movement disorders such as ataxia, Parkinson's Disease, and gait disorders.
• MED MD 458: Outpatient Clinical Neurology: Pain
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the neurological subspecialty of Pain Neurology. During this 2-week elective, students will participate in different clinical activities with Pain sub-specialists. During this elective, students will learn to evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with different Pain related disorders such as headache, back pain, neck pain and other pain-related conditions.
• MED MD 459: Outpatient Clinical Neurology: Sleep Medicine and Cognitive Disorders
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the neurological subspecialty of Sleep medicine. During this 4-week elective, students will participate in different clinical activities with Sleep sub-specialists. During this elective, students will learn to evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with different Sleep-related disorders.
• MED MD 460: Outpatient Clinical Neurology: Epilepsy
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the neurological subspecialty of Epilepsy. During this 2-week elective, students will participate in different clinical activities with Epilepsy sub-specialists. During this elective, students will learn to evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with different Epilepsy disorders such as generalized seizures, focal seizures, as well as managing AEDs.
• MED MD 462: Neurology Research (Non-Clinical Elective)
  The student will join a supervising Neurology faculty mentor for a research project that is organized prior to the start of the elective and approved by the elective subcommittee of the medical school. The student will work as a member of the team with the principal investigator and/or other junior investigators. The student will spend his/her time performing some or all of study research, study development, IRB submission, study planning and data collection, data analysis, and study write up. A thorough written summary of the student's progress and/or accomplishments will also be performed. The student will also attend various conferences focused on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with general neurologic disease. Emphasis is placed on developing skill in performance of research techniques, with particular focus on development of research ideas, IRB creation and submission, data collection and analysis, and manuscript creation. Students are expected to participate in all service activities Monday through Friday. Weekend responsibilities or evening call is not required.
• MED MD 463: Neurocritical Care
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the field of neurocritical care. Students will learn how to approach the diagnosis, work-up, initial emergent management and long-term care of critically ill patients with neurological illness.
• MED MD 464: Mixed Neurology
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the field of outpatient neurology based on the students' areas of interest. During this 4-week elective, students may choose to take 2 different 2-week outpatient rotations through different neurology sub-specialties to learn and further explore their interests. Sub-specialty options include movement disorders, pain, sleep/cognitive, epilepsy, or neuromuscular.
• MED MD 465: Outpatient Clinical Neurology: Neuromuscular
  This elective is for the BUSM student to provide students with a broad exposure to the neurological subspecialty of neuromuscular medicine. During this 2-week elective, students will participate in different clinical activities with neuromuscular sub-specialists. During this elective, students will learn to evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with different neuromuscular disorders.