Educational Resources

“To study phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.”       – Sir William Osler

We highly recommend strengthening your medical knowledge by practicing testing with cased-based format questions. Here some resources based on common neurology cases:

• Blueprints Neurology.  Drislane FW, Acosta J, Caplan L, Bernard C, Tarulli A.  LWW, 4^th edition, 2013.
• Case Files Neurology.  Toy E, Simpson E, Tintner Ron.  McGraw-Hill Education, 2^nd edition, 2012.
• Pretest Neurology.  Anschel D.  McGraw-Hill Education, 8^th edition, 2012.

Other resources, such as textbooks, online resources, and your previous Neuroscience notes can help you during the clerkship.

Textbooks:

• First Exposure to Neurology.  Kirshner H.  McGraw-Hill Education, 1^st edition, 2007. – We have one book available for you to use during clerkship! Collect the first day of the rotation with Kelly Martin (coordinator).

• Clinical Neurology.  Aminoff M, Greenberg D, Simon R.  McGraw-Hill Education, 9^th edition, 2015.

Online:

• Students can also take advantage of online resources, such as the resources provided by the American Academy of Neurology (https://www.aan.com/trainees/medical-student-resources/).
• A good video review of the neurological examination can be found on http://neuroexam.com/neuroexam/
• Neurology Handouts and Cases on StudyCore links can be found here: http://studycore.medinfo.ufl.edu

Videos:

• Stroke Student Lecture
• Epilepsy Student Lecture
• MS Demyelinating Disorders Lecture

We want you to excel in this area so if you are feeling underprepared or overwhelmed, let us know! We’re here to help.