Neuroscience

The Neuroscience clerkship is a four-week rotation that provides a setting for medical students to learn clinical neuroscience. For students interested in Neurology or Neurosurgery as possible career choices, it is strongly recommended that the student do a subsequent Acting Internship (AI) rotation during the summer or early fall of their fourth year of medical school.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of the pre-clinical curriculum of medical school, including clinically relevant neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropathology, and physical diagnosis. In addition, students must have completed all required courses/rotations for the third year of medical school.

Length of course: Four weeks

Date/time/location: The student may be assigned to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center or State College locations for all or part of the rotation.

Description: The clerkship includes two weeks of core neurology on either the inpatient consult service, inpatient general service, inpatient stroke service or the neurocritical care unit, as well as two weeks of selectives that may include neurosurgery, pediatric neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and/or outpatient adult neurology. After completing the rotation, the student should be comfortable performing a neurological examination and evaluating patients with various neurological disorders. For additional information, refer to the clerkship curriculum guidelines.

Contact Us

Dr. James Grogan, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Co-clerkship director
jgrogan1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

Dr. Mark Dias, Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics; Vice Chair for Neurosurgical Education
Co-clerkship director
mdias@pennstatehealth.psu.edu