During the third or fourth year of the MD Program curriculum, medical students at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison will complete the Neuroscience Clerkship.
The Neuroscience Clerkship is a cooperative effort involving five departments: neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, ophthalmology, and rehabilitation medicine.
This clerkship expands the traditional scope of clinical neurosciences beyond neurology and ophthalmology with the intention of preparing future primary care physicians to help manage neuroclinical problems that, in the past, were largely managed by specialists.
Over the course of six weeks, students will focus on:
- Five interrelated clinical disciplines, each requiring knowledge of neuroanatomic principles and the neurologic exam
- Discovering how these specialties collaborate, which clinical problems each discipline handles best, and when referral for specialty care is appropriate
| Six-week Neuroscience Course | |
| Three weeks | Neurology: Representative Schedule (pdf) |
| One week each | Neurosurgery: Representative Schedule (pdf) and Ophthalmology: Representative Schedule (pdf) |
| Shared week | Rehabilitation Medicine and Neuroradiology: Representative Schedules (pdf) |
Students enrolled in the course will be contacted by the clerkship coordinator about a month before their start date, with details about the rotation.
Contact Mary Beth Dunning, clerkship coordinator, at (608) 265-9627 or m.dunning@neurosurgery.wisc.edu with questions pertaining to the Neuroscience Clerkship.