Is Neurology required for any residency positions

[basmoq]

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Hi, I'm an allopathic student and have recently heard rumors that some surgical residency positions require that the student has taken Neurology at some point. A neurology rotation is not a part of my schools curriculum in the third year, so if this is true, I'll have to waste an elective on it during my fourth year.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Thanks!

 

[Law2Doc]

Hi, I'm an allopathic student and have recently heard rumors that some surgical residency positions require that the student has taken Neurology at some point. A neurology rotation is not a part of my schools curriculum in the third year, so if this is true, I'll have to waste an elective on it during my fourth year.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Thanks!

Obviously you would have a tough time getting into a neurology residency without having taken neurology. And it would be tough to work in IM, EM, rads, neurosurgery without some med school level neuro background. It is somewhat covered on Step 3. A bunch of med schools make neuro one of the core rotations, so a large percentage of folks will have taken it, but I don't know if it's required.