Student Information
Neurology Lottery Choices for the Class of 2012-13
Introduction:
- 1. Students with special Academic or Social needs including those who wish to be assigned concurrently with a spouse, those needing pre-internship assignments in Neurology, Child Neurology. Neurosurgery, or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and those with other family needs should see the Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences prior to the match.
- 2. As in the past, students may select an unpaid unassigned site. These selections will seldom be approved for any of the sites and options listed below during rounds 1 and 5-9. They will be approved during Rounds 2 and 3, especially for students planning to apply for internships at one of these sites. Other Military Hospitals with assigned neurologists such as Landstuhl, Tripler, Ft Hood, Ft Bragg, and Wright Patterson, are good alternatives. Rotation selections at civilian institutions may require several months lead time since we must obtain an MOU with that institution. These have often been difficult to get.
- 3. Students are discouraged from seeking out of town rotations in Child Neurology, Neurosurgery, and PM& R since success in these rotations requires support form Adult Neurology. This support is usually only available at WRNMMC with direct support from USUHS.
Projected Rotations available in the National Capitol Area:
Adult Inpatient Neurology at WRNMMC: There are two resident admitting teams each of which may have two students assigned. There is an extensive series of student conferences and other formal exercises. This rotation can be structured (by adding inpatient call and other responsibilities) to satisfy the 4-week medical sub-internship requirement.
Adult Consultation Service Neurology at WRNMMC: Students see mostly inpatient consultations. There is an extensive series of student conferences and other formal exercises. The Consultation Service takes two students in each round.
Adult Neurology at Ft. Belvoir Army Community Hospital: This new rotation option is basically a Consultation Service. The teaching program will include the seminars at WRNMMC. Four students may be assigned in each rotation.
Adult Neurology at Malcolm Grow Medical Center (MGMC): This is a Consultation and Clinic Service with MGMC staff. There is an extensive teaching program including seminars at WRNMMC. One student may be assigned in each rotation.
Neurosurgery at WRNMMC: This is a combined inpatient and clinic experience based at WRNMMC. The teaching program is similar to that provided for other students rotating at WRNMMC. Two students may be assigned in each rotation. It is recommended for those who plan a career in one of the surgical specialties. By arrangement with the Neurology Department this can be converted to a surgical sub-internship.
Child Neurology at WRNMMC: This is a combined inpatient/clinic experience. Students participate in clinical conferences with students rotating on WRNMMC Adult Neurology. Students will attend some clinics at Ft. Belvoir. Three students may be assigned to this experience in each rotation. It is recommended for those who plan a career in Pediatrics.
Adult Neurology at Washington VA Hospital: This is a combined inpatient, consultation, and clinic experience. There is a very active teaching program including other students from Georgetown and George Washington Medical Schools as well as seminars at WRNMMC. Two students are assigned to this experience. Although primarily in inpatient experience, it cannot be taken as a sub internship.
Projected Fully Funded Rotations Outside of the National Capitol Area:
Adult Neurology at SAMMC: SAMMC is now located on Ft. Sam Houston. The rotation is basically an inpatient experience at a residency training site. There is an extensive teaching program along with students from University of Texas San Antonio School of Medicine. It is unclear as to whether or not this will be a sub intern site. It is anticipated that three students will be assigned in each rotation, but it is possible that it will go up to 4.
Adult Neurology at Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC): This is primarily an inpatient clerkship. Students may elect to take it as a sub internship. MAMC has an active neurology training program with the appropriate number of subspecialists and an active teaching program. Two students are assigned in each rotation.
Adult Neurology at San Diego Naval Medical Center and Portsmouth Naval Medical Center (PNMC): These are consultation/clinic services with staff assigned to the Neurology Service. Rotating residents from Internal Medicine and/or Family Medicine may be present. The Neurology Service Staff provides extensive individual instruction. Two students are assigned in each rotation.
Adult Neurology at Jacksonville Naval Medical Center and Nellis AFB: These are consultation/clinic services with staff assigned to the Neurology Service. Rotating residents from Internal Medicine and/or Family Medicine may be present. The Neurology Service Staff provides extensive individual instruction. One student is assigned in each rotation to each site.
Unassigned Positions:
The Department of Neurology is the approval authority for rotations at other sites. TDY funds are NOT available except as may be available through the Pre-Internship program.
NOTE:
- 1. AFTER THE MATCH, THE OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS WILL ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS WISHING TO EXCHANGE THEIR NEUROLOGY ROTATION SITES FOR AN FINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
- 2. AFTER THAT, ALL CHANGES MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR.
- 3. THOSE IN UNASSIGNED SPACES MUST INFORM THE CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR OF THEIR CHOICE AT LEAST 60 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE SELECTED ROTATION.
If any questions arise, please contact the Office of Student Affairs at 301-295-3185 or the Neurology Department at 301-295-3643.
CARL H. GUNDERSON, MD
Clerkship Director
Department of Neurology
Contacts
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Department of Neurology, Room A1036
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Telephone: 301-295-3643
Fax: 301-295-0620