Course Catalog

 
35-201 CONSULTATION NEUROLOGY
Department NEUROLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director JOHN R RINKER, MD Enrollment Limit 2
Contact SHIRLEY GIBBS Enrollment Minimum 1
Email sgibbs@uabmc.edu Address Faculty Office Tower 1020
510 20th Street South
Birmingham, AL 352943410
Phone (205) 975-0447 Fax (205) 996-4150
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of neurology clerkship. Completion of internal medicine clerkship is strongly recommended but not required. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Neurology
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description This is an elective course during which students work under the supervision of resident and attending physicians on the Neurology Consultation Service covering University Hospital, Eye Foundation Hospital, Spain Rehabilitation Hospital, the Center for Psychiatric Medicine and Cooper Green Hospital. This service concentrates on the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease in patients admitting to medicine, surgery and psychiatric services.
Where To Report Email Course Contact 1 week before course begins for first day reporting instructions.
Requirements Neurology Clerkship. For Non-LCME students, sponsorship is required by a faculty member in the Department of Neurology before enrollment.
Evaluation 100% resident and attending evaluations
Notes Associate Course Director: William Meador, MD