110

Neurology Core Clerkship

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):V. Douglas Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions:UCSF 3rd year medical students. Activities: Block Elective: 40 hours

Students are assigned patients for study under the supervision of attending and resident staffs. They attend work rounds, attending rounds, clinic, grand rounds, conferences and lecture-seminars, emphasizing diagnosis and management of core clinical problems in neurology. This course is taught in conjunction with the 4-week Psychiatry 110 clerkship, resulting in an 8-week long continuity clinic and a combined psychiatry and neurology conference. (NEUROLOGY)

140.01A

Advanced Clinical Clerkship

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):J. Engstrom, R. Price Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110 and fourth year standing, or Neurology 110 and completion of core clerkships in Medicine, Surgery and Pediatrics.

Activities: Clinical Clerkship: 40 hours

Students serve as acting interns on the inpatient service. Attendance at departmental clinical rounds, seminars and conferences is required. (NEUROLOGY)

140.02

Off-Campus Clerkship

(3 - 6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):H. Kirsch Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110

Restrictions:unk

Clinical clerkship in approved hospitals by special arrangement and approval of the dean and the chairperson of the department. (NEUROLOGY)

140.04

Child Neurology

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):A. Foster-Barber Prerequisite(s): Pediatrics 110, Medicine 110, and Neurology 110.

Activities: Conference: 10 hours, Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 30 hours

Participation in child neurology activities, both inpatient and outpatient, and all regularly scheduled conferences of the Child Neurology Division. Study of the developing nervous system and diseases of the nervous system affecting infants, children and adolescents. (NEUROLOGY)

140.07

Advanced Clinical Neurology - Fresno

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):T. Warwick Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110

Restrictions:UCSF medical students Activities: Clinical Clerkship: 40 hours

Students will serve as acting interns on the neurology consultation service. Duties will include the evaluation of newly hospitalized patients with neurological diseases as well as participating in the neurology clinics. Opportunities exist for more detailed learning about neuro-oncology, movement disorders and cerebrovascular diseases. (NEUROLOGY)

140.10

Consultation Neurology-SFGH

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):C. Jay

(NEUROLOGY)

140.12

Neuro Critical Care

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):W. Smith Prerequisite(s): Fourth-year standing. Neurology 110. Consent of instructor.

Restrictions:Limited to 1 student per block. Activities: Lecture: 3 hours, Library: 3 - 5 hours

This advanced clerkship concentrates on the fundamentals of critical care with an emphasis placed on neurological illness. Essential skills and concepts related to the management of critically-ill neurological/neurosurgical patients will be introduced during lectures, conferences, daily rounds and night-calls. (NEUROLOGY)

140.13

Clinical Behavioral Neurology

(6 units)

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Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):G. Rabinovici, B. Miller, M. De May, K. Rankin, B. Matthews, H. Rosen, W. Seeley, M. Geschwind Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110

Restrictions:None

The Neurobehavioral rotation will explore brain-behavior relationships in neurodegenerative disorders. Instruction on dementia subtypes, cognitive assessment, psychopharmacology, and neuropathology will be offered. To apply this knowledge, students will participate in multi-disciplinary clinics, during which they will observe and perform neurobehavioral histories and examinations. Clinicians will provide feedback and guidance, supplementing differential diagnoses and plans for intervention. (NEUROLOGY)

150.01

Research in Neurology

(6 - 18 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):Staff Prerequisite(s): Anatomy 103.

Activities: Lecture: 5 hours, Laboratory: 30 hours

Opportunities for research in one of the departmental laboratories by arrangement with the chairperson of the department. (NEUROLOGY)

170.10

Training the Mind

(1 units)

Spring

Instructor(s):D. Lowenstein, S. Adler Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions:1st year medical students.

This course was developed as a way to integrate mind-body medicine content into the Brain, Mind, and Behavior block for first year medical students. The overall objective of this elective is to provide students with an overview of practices that have been shown to enhance the abilities of the normal, healthy mind, with an emphasis on meditation. (NEUROLOGY)

170.20

American Sign Language and Deaf Culture in Medicine

(0.5 - 1.0 units)

Fall

Instructor(s):K. Steinman

Restrictions:Limited to 12 medical students via application (obtained by emailing the student coordinator(s). Students from other schools can email the student coordinator(s) for availability. Activities: Lecture: 5 hours, Seminar: 15 hours

Students will have the opportunity to learn some basic and medical sign language in American Sign Language (ASL), while also increasing their awareness of Deaf culture with the hope of fostering better understanding and care of individuals within the Deaf community. No previous experience is necessary, just an open mind and desire to learn. (NEUROLOGY)

198

Supervised Study

(1 - 5 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Activities: Library: 3 - 15 hours

Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department. (NEUROLOGY)

199

Laboratory Project

(1 - 5 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Activities: Laboratory: 3 - 15 hours

A laboratory research project under direction of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department. (NEUROLOGY)