Pediatric Neurology
Educational Objectives for Child Neurology Residency Program
Section of Child Neurology
Department of Neurology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Objectives:
The main objective of the Child Neurology Residency Program at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine is to train pediatricians for the independent practice of neurology with special competence in child neurology. Each candidate has done at least 2 years of general pediatric training and therefore is expected to have a solid knowledge base of general pediatrics. The residency is three years in duration and is founded on supervised clinical patient contact. The following are objectives for training pediatricians for the practice of neurology:
1. Essential to child neurology training is the acquisition of basic science information as it pertains to the nervous system. Each resident is expected to acquire this skill in their first year which will serve as the foundation and to improve on it by keeping updated by the recent advances in the field of neurology as published in the neurologic literature.
2. Develop clinical skills in obtaining pertinent general and excellent neurologic history and neurologic examination.
3. Correlate the basic science and clinical information to be able to generate, not only a superb clinical diagnosis, but also a list of possible differential diagnoses and management.
4. Develop the skill of appropriate ordering and utilization of laboratory and diagnosis studies.
5. Develop superb clinical aptitude in procedural skills related to the field of neurology, with particular emphasis on the performance of lumbar puncture, EEG, EMG/NCS, EP, sleep study, and cranial ultrasound.
6. Provide general pediatric care not only as it pertains to the practice of neurology and recognizes the neurologic complications of medical and surgical conditions.
7. Develop personal qualities (i.e., dependability and promptness) and interpersonal skills in patient care (Humanistic attributes).
8. Learn to assume increasing responsibility and decision making as the training progresses.
9. Develop superb professional attitude and mannerism.
10. Develop excellent overall clinical competence and good moral and ethical standing.