The MSU Neurology Clerkship is a four-week clinical experience for 3rd year medical students in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. The clerkship is community-based within the Statewide Campus System. Clinical settings include hospitals, academic and/or private practice offices. Each 4 week rotation allows exposure to a broad spectrum of acute and chronic neurological diseases.
The neurology clerkship builds upon the knowledge and experience developed in the pre-clinical curriculum. The curriculum is comprised of direct and indirect patient encounters, required and recommended readings, seminars, online modules and case study exercises.
All sites share common goals and objectives. The major focus of our clerkship experience is to develop the basic knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate neurological problems and perform a complete and accurate neurological examination. At the end of the clerkship, students will have a greater familiarity with the use of neurological tests, including lumbar puncture, neuroimaging procedures, EEG, EMG and nerve conduction studies.
The Neurology Attending will have direct responsibility for supervising and teaching the student. They also have the primary responsibility for providing frequent and timely feedback, and for evaluating the student at the conclusion of the rotation.
Access through MSU-COM Academic Programs site
The curriculum for the clerkship can be located within Desire2Learn. Enrolled students will have access to the course by its specific section number. To access your Desire2Learn course, please go to http://d2l.msu.edu/ and log in using your MSU Net ID and password. You will want to select your NOP 656 – Core Neurology Clerkship course.
Attendings will have access to the curriculum through a development course within Desire2Learn (D2L). We offer all neurology attendings, with a MSU-COM student, the opportunity to have a clinical faculty appointment. Once the appointment has been fully processed, the attending will receive a MSU NetID which is used to access the curriculum within D2L.