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110  Neurology Core Clerkship  (1.5 - 6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): M. Richie, A. Brown       Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions: UCSF 3rd year medical students.       Activities: Direct - Seminar, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Seminar

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.

130.01  CIEx - Clinical Behavioral Neurology  (1.5 - 3 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): D. Perry       Prerequisite(s): None

Restrictions: Medical Students in Foundations 2       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will explore the clinical evaluation and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Instruction on dementia subtypes, brain-behavior relationships, cognitive assessment, psychopharmacology and neuropathology will be offfered.

130.03  CIEx - Adult Outpatient Neurology  (1.5 - 3 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): M. Richie       Prerequisite(s): The neurology core clerkship, Neurology 110, is a prerequisite. KLIC and PISCES students are required to have completed at least 50% of their longitudinal curriculum with interim evaluations that are on course for a passing grade in neurology. , NEUROLOGY 110

Restrictions: Medical Students in Foundations 2       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will rotate in the neuromuscular, movement disorders, and neuroinflammatory/multiple sclerosis subspecialty clinics under the supervision of a limited number of teaching neurology attendings.

130.04  CIEx - Child Neurology Outpatient Apprenticeship  (1.5 - 3 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): A. Foster-Barber       Prerequisite(s): None

Restrictions: Medical students in Foundations 2       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will work directly with 2-3 core general child neurologists, including attending conferences, reviewing results, meeting with care teams, and seeing patients.

130.05  CIEx - Child Neurology Inpatient Elective  (3 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): A. Foster-Barber       Prerequisite(s): None

Restrictions: Medical students in Foundations 2       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will work with the resident and faculty on the main inpatient consult service for child neurology. Students will participate in patient care in the ICU, ward consults, and in the Emergency Room settings.

130.06  CIEx - Child Neurology Inpatient Subspecialty Elective  (3 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): A. Foster-Barber       Prerequisite(s): None

Restrictions: Medical students in Foundations 2.       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will spend one week each on subspecialty inpatient teams: Pediatric Epilepsy and Pediatric Neonatal Care. Students will participate in consults and family conferences.

140.01A  Advanced Clinical Clerkship  (6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): V. Douglas       Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110 and fourth year standing, or Neurology 110 and completion of core clerkships in Medicine, Surgery and Pediatrics.

Restrictions: 4th year Medical students       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

Students will spend 4 weeks as acting interns on the neurohospitalist service at UCSF Health. Two weeks is spent on the consult service and two weeks on the primary ward service. The neurohospitalist service is a tertiary care referral service that serves the Bay Area, Northern and Central California. There will be exposure to a wide variety of neurologically affected patients in and out of the intensive care unit. Attendance at departmental clinical rounds, seminars and conferences is required.

140.02A  Off-Campus Clerkship  (3 - 6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): M. Richie       Prerequisite(s): NEUROLOGY 110

Restrictions: Instructor approval required       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

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

140.02B  Off-Campus Clerkship  (3 - 6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): M. Richie       Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110

Restrictions: Instructor approval required       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

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

140.04  Child Neurology  (6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

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

Restrictions: none       Activities: Direct - Conference, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Web-based course work

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.

140.10  Advanced Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology - ZSFG  (6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): D. Pet, V. Douglas       Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110 and fourth-year standing

Restrictions: ONLY UCSF Students, no visiting students       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

Students will spend a total of 4 weeks at SFGH, San Francisco’s only trauma center, where they will develop advanced neurological skills in the care of emergent neurological patients through triage, evaluation, and neurocritical care management. Students spend two weeks on the neurology consultation service under the supervision of the consultation resident and attending neurologist. The other two weeks are spent caring for patients in the neurocritical care unit with the neuro-ICU team.

140.12  Neurocritical Care  (6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

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

Restrictions: Limited to 1 student per block.       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

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.

140.13  Clinical Behavioral Neurology  (6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): D. Perry, B. Miller, H. Rosen, K. Rankin, M. De May, M. Geschwind, B. Seeley       Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110

Restrictions: 3rd or 4th year student in good academic standing       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

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.

140.16  Advanced Outpatient Neurology Elective  (2 - 3 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): M. Richie       Prerequisite(s): NEUROLOGY 110

Restrictions: This course is not available every block and all enrollments should be pursued directly through Dr. Richie.       Activities: Direct - Conference, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Independent Study, Student - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

Students spend two weeks rotating through a variety of outpatient neurologic subspecialties. This course serves to provide outpatient neurology exposure but does not substitute for a neurology sub-internship for those applying in neurology.

140.17  Dementia in the Outpatient Setting - Fresno  (3 - 6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): L. Alving       Prerequisite(s): Neurology 110 and/or 4th year standing.

Restrictions: None       Activities: Direct - Project, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

This is a 2 or 4 week elective at the UCSF Fresno Alzheimer & Memory Center for 4th year medical students. Students will spend time seeing patients at the Alzheimer Center and will participate in our multidisciplinary team meetings. Other experiences may include a home visit, elder abuse conference involving local social workers and law enforcement. A short project is required during rotation.

140.18  Memory & Aging Center Remote Neurobehavioral Rotation  (6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): D. Perry       Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of a general Neurology course recommended

Restrictions: 4th Year visiting students in Good Academic Standing       Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Online - Web-based course work

The Remote Neurobehavioral rotation explores brain-behavior relationships in neurodegenerative disorders. Students will participate in a didactic series that includes instruction on dementia subtypes, cognitive assessment, evaluation and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. To apply this knowledge, students will remotely participate in multiple-disciplinary clinics, during which they will observe and perform neurobehavioral histories and examinations. This course is for visiting students.

150.01  Research in Neurology  (3 - 24 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s): M. Richie       Prerequisite(s): Consent of faculty member in charge of student's research project and approval of third and fourth year coordinator.

Restrictions: None       Activities: Direct - Lab-Science, Direct - Project, Direct - Field Work

Opportunities for clinical or laboratory research under the guidance of department faculty.

170.10  Training the Mind  (1 units)   Fall

Instructor(s): D. Lowenstein       Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions: None       Activities: Direct - Lecture, Student - Lecture

This course was developed as a way to integrate mind-body medicine content into the BMB block for second 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.

170.11  Exploring Pediatric Neurology  (1 units)   Fall, Spring

Instructor(s): S. Wietstock       Prerequisite(s): None

Restrictions: None       Activities: Direct - Lecture, Student - Lecture

This elective will explore varying topics in Pediatric Neurology by inviting professionals to speak about their careers with the intention of teaching students about career paths in Pediatric Neurology, highlighting interesting work relevant to the field completed by members of the UCSF community and exposing students to the varying types of patients and conditions that they may encounter while working as a Pediatric Neurologist.

170.30  Intro to Neuro Subspecialties  (1 units)   Fall

Instructor(s): A. Nelson       Prerequisite(s): None

Restrictions: None       Activities: Direct - Lecture, Student - Lecture

This course is intended for medical students interested in Neuroscience-related subspecialties, including Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, Neuroradiology, and Psychiatry. Through weekly lectures by different physicians and physician-scientists, it will provide an overview of clinical and research opportunities in each presented field. There will be emphasis on evaluation and treatment of patients, relevant research, training/residency, subspecialty fellowships, and career development.

198  Supervised Study  (1 - 6 units)   Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

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

Restrictions: None       Activities: Direct - Project, Direct - Independent Study, Student - Project, Student - Independent Study

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