Child Neurology Residency - Curriculum Call to Action

Curriculum Overview

Residents enjoy a varied lecture and didactic schedule during the program's three years of training. See a sample monthly schedule of conference and didactic lectures for our residents.

Monthly Schedule of Conference and Didactic Lectures

Week 1

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
AM		Book Club Clinic Didactics	Multidisciplinary Radiology Conference	Pediatric Grand Rounds	KUMC Neurology Grand Rounds
PM	Professor Rounds	Noon Case Conference	Movement Disorders/ Neuromuscular Conference

Week 2

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
AM		Book Club Clinic Didactics		Pediatric Grand Rounds	KUMC Neurology Grand Rounds
PM	Professor Rounds	Noon Case Conference	Journal Club	Group Review

Week 3

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
AM		Book Club Clinic Didactics	Brain Tumor Conference	Pediatric Grand Rounds	KUMC Neurology Grand Rounds
PM	Professor Rounds	Noon Case Conference	NICU/M&M/Resident Research (every 3 months)

Week 4

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
AM		Book Club Clinic Didactics		Pediatric Grand Rounds	KUMC Neurology Grand Rounds
PM	Noon Professor Rounds	Noon Case Conference	Formal Case Conference	Group Review

Week 5

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
AM		Book Club Clinic Didactics		Pediatric Grand Rounds	KUMC Neurology Grand Rounds
PM	Noon Professor Rounds	Noon Case Conference

Clinical rotations

Residents on the child neurology rotations actively participate in inpatient service and the outpatient child neurology clinic. Residents will gain experience in treating both common and uncommon pediatric neurological disorders.

While completing rotations, residents can expect to take a home call an average 1 to 7 call ratio.

Residents completing the Research Track (1 year Pediatrics, 1 year Research and 3 years Child Neurology) will be board eligible for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) with special qualification in Child Neurology.

Residents completing the traditional track (2 years Pediatrics and 3 years Child Neurology) will be board eligible for The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) with special qualification in Child Neurology.

See a typical rotation schedule for each year of training.