“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, 4th edition, 2013.
- Case Files Neurology. Toy E, Simpson E, Tintner Ron. McGraw-Hill Education, 2nd edition, 2012.
- Pretest Neurology. Anschel D. McGraw-Hill Education, 8th 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, 1st 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, 9th 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:
For Use with Required Clinical Experiences or general learning, these are online resources to watch and learn neurological examination with videos:
- http://library.med.utah.edu/neurologicexam/html/home_exam.html
- http://neuroexam.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHdemSStztKaB0A_iqfdiepvRwljoI1dF (University College of Dublin Neurology)
- https://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu/videos.html
- http://movementmodules.yale.edu/ (Movement disorders modules from Yale Univ)
- Functional Neuroanatomy Atlas
- http://headneckbrainspine.com (Neuroanatomy imaging)
- 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.