Combined residency in psychiatry and neurology,no neuropsychiatry fellowship?

[Hopingforacure]

http://www.neurotraumaregistry.com/Index.cfm?file=neuropsychiatristdef.htm
So according to this site,if one undertakes a combined neurology/psychiatry residency you don't have to have a neuropsychiatry/behavioral neurology fellowship to be a *neuropsychiatrist* per say.Is this just referring to the intellectual studies that are needed to understand the discipline or is this talking about *board certification* in neuropsychaitry/behavorial neurology?(big difference of course).
Thank you all for your time,if this is true does this apply as a rule to other combined residencies?That seems a bit odd if that's the case.😕

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[BrainBuff]

http://www.neurotraumaregistry.com/Index.cfm?file=neuropsychiatristdef.htm
So according to this site,if one undertakes a combined neurology/psychiatry residency you don't have to have a neuropsychiatry/behavioral neurology fellowship to be a *neuropsychiatrist* per say.Is this just referring to the intellectual studies that are needed to understand the discipline or is this talking about *board certification* in neuropsychaitry/behavorial neurology?(big difference of course).
Thank you all for your time,if this is true does this apply as a rule to other combined residencies?That seems a bit odd if that's the case.😕

I have been checking this type a residency for sometime now, and I can tell you that you are talking about two different things.

A combined neurology/psychiatry residency will allow you to sit for both boards (Neurology and Psychiatry). There are very few of those in the country. You would have been trained as BOTH - a neurologist and a psychiatrist and you could call yourself whatever you want. ( I think that is irrelevant ) However, a Behavioral Neurology Fellowship is a completely different thing because it offers specific training in the field of "neuropsychiatry", which you won't get otherwise. In addition, it will allow you to sit for the Subspecialty Board of Behavioral Neurology, which is also a Neurology Subspecialty (nothing to do with Psychiatry as a residency)

I hope that helped 😀

 

[Hopingforacure]

I have been checking this type a residency for sometime now, and I can tell you that you are talking about two different things.

A combined neurology/psychiatry residency will allow you to sit for both boards (Neurology and Psychiatry). There are very few of those in the country. You would have been trained as BOTH - a neurologist and a psychiatrist and you could call yourself whatever you want. ( I think that is irrelevant ) However, a Behavioral Neurology Fellowship is a completely different thing because it offers specific training in the field of "neuropsychiatry", which you won't get otherwise. In addition, it will allow you to sit for the Subspecialty Board of Behavioral Neurology, which is also a Neurology Subspecialty (nothing to do with Psychiatry as a residency)

I hope that helped 😀

Yes I knew that about the fellowship/residency dichotomy already.
To clarify,what I was specifically asking was whether the combined residency AS IS allows you to sit for the neuropsychiatry board(or behavorial neurology board) because the site seemed to insinuate that.
This is isn't even me asking yet whether or not it'd be worth it necessarily to pursue the fellowship in question(although one could realistically practice both neurology and psychiatry without the neuropsychiatry fellowship,right?).It seems that all you do as a neuropsychiatrist is be an advisor for the neurologists in their ward(albeit behavorial neurology appears to be different,interviewing alzeheimer's patients and the like for an hour).So I wouldn't exactly be utilizing my training in both my residencies by practicing alone as a neuropsychiatrist wouldn't I?
Sorry if my questions are a little too much.😛

 

[BrainBuff]

To clarify,what I was specifically asking was whether the combined residency AS IS allows you to sit for the neuropsychiatry board(or behavorial neurology board) because the site seemed to insinuate that.

No. The combined residency won't allow you to sit for the Behavioral Neurology Board. You need to complete the appropriate fellowship.

It seems that all you do as a neuropsychiatrist is be an advisor for the neurologists in their ward(albeit behavorial neurology appears to be different,interviewing alzeheimer's patients and the like for an hour).

No. As a neuropsychiatrist you are not an advisor to the neurologists. You are a neurologist who has completed a subspecialty and may choose to work as a diagnostician or to take care of a very specific group of patients.

 

[Hopingforacure]

No. The combined residency won't allow you to sit for the Behavioral Neurology Board. You need to complete the appropriate fellowship.



No. As a neuropsychiatrist you are not an advisor to the neurologists. You are a neurologist who has completed a subspecialty and may choose to work as a diagnostician or to take care of a very specific group of patients.

Thank you.
Have you yourself undertaken the combined residency already?
In your personal opinion,would it really be worth it to pursue the combined residency if one is going to have a fellowship in neuropsychaitry that you could qualify for by just doing a 4-year in either psychiatry or neurology?
What would be good fellowships for a combined resident qualified in both psychiatry and neurology boards?Would the sky be the limit here or what?

 

[TarHeelEMT]

Thank you.
Have you yourself undertaken the combined residency already?
In your personal opinion,would it really be worth it to pursue the combined residency if one is going to have a fellowship in neuropsychaitry that you could qualify for by just doing a 4-year in either psychiatry or neurology?
What would be good fellowships for a combined resident qualified in both psychiatry and neurology boards?Would the sky be the limit here or what?

You list yourself as pre-health. You're getting WAY ahead of yourself and wasting your time by worrying about this.

 

[Hopingforacure]

You list yourself as pre-health. You're getting WAY ahead of yourself and wasting your time by worrying about this.

Thank you for adding absolutely nothing of value to the thread.

 

[TarHeelEMT]

Thank you for adding absolutely nothing of value to the thread.

Or don't listen to good advice...

 

[BrainBuff]

Thank you.
Have you yourself undertaken the combined residency already?

No. I just got accepted into medical school. I have been doing research with a neuropsychiatrist and I have worked with fellows, etc.

In your personal opinion,would it really be worth it to pursue the combined residency if one is going to have a fellowship in neuropsychaitry that you could qualify for by just doing a 4-year in either psychiatry or neurology?
What would be good fellowships for a combined resident qualified in both psychiatry and neurology boards?Would the sky be the limit here or what?

It makes no sense to do a combined residency and then do a fellowship in neuropsychiatry. Either you want to practice Psychiatry and Neurology (do a combined residency) or you want to practice Neuropsychiatry (do a fellowship after Neurology Residency).

I think you need to become more familiar with these specialties. The purpose of a combined residency is to practice the spectrum of BOTH specialties, period. There are no "fellowships" that follow a combined program. That does not make any sense. If you are going to subspecialize in Neuropsychiatry, Behavioral Neurology, Neuromuscular, Neurophysiology, Neurovascular, etc you do a fellowship after a NEUROLOGY residency. If you want to do Geriatrics, Drug Dependency, etc, then you do that as a fellowship after a PSYCHIATRY residency.

If you want to practice general Neurology and Psychiatry, then you do a COMBINED residency (and in my opinion, you will turn out a mediocre Psychiatrist and a mediocre Neurologist - that is just my opinion)

 

[Aislinn]

No. I just got accepted into medical school. I have been doing research with a neuropsychiatrist and I have worked with fellows, etc.



It makes no sense to do a combined residency and then do a fellowship in neuropsychiatry. Either you want to practice Psychiatry and Neurology (do a combined residency) or you want to practice Neuropsychiatry (do a fellowship after Neurology Residency).

I think you need to become more familiar with these specialties. The purpose of a combined residency is to practice the spectrum of BOTH specialties, period. There are no "fellowships" that follow a combined program. That does not make any sense. If you are going to subspecialize in Neuropsychiatry, Behavioral Neurology, Neuromuscular, Neurophysiology, Neurovascular, etc you do a fellowship after a NEUROLOGY residency. If you want to do Geriatrics, Drug Dependency, etc, then you do that as a fellowship after a PSYCHIATRY residency.

If you want to practice general Neurology and Psychiatry, then you do a COMBINED residency (and in my opinion, you will turn out a mediocre Psychiatrist and a mediocre Neurologist - that is just my opinion)

I realize this thread is old, but I wanted to clear up a mistake written here. There is, indeed, a neuropsychiatry fellowship that follows a psychiatry residency. Candidates can have completed either a neurology residency OR a psychiatry residency.

http://dms.dartmouth.edu/psych/training/neuropsychiatry_fellowship/

 

[MShopes]

You list yourself as pre-health. You're getting WAY ahead of yourself and wasting your time by worrying about this.

This.