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Poety

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Hey everyone,

Im LOVING my neurology rotation - I find it all so fascinating with heavy overlap in psych (ofcourse) but I'm wondering how much of this I'll use in residency and beyond - OPD? SAZI? DOC?

And can someone tell me WHY the neurologists all seem to know so much? Like EVERYTHING? :laugh:
 
Poety said:
And can someone tell me WHY the neurologists all seem to know so much? Like EVERYTHING?

That is why they are called nerdologists. 😉
 
Poety said:
Hey everyone,

Im LOVING my neurology rotation - I find it all so fascinating with heavy overlap in psych (ofcourse) but I'm wondering how much of this I'll use in residency and beyond - OPD? SAZI? DOC?

And can someone tell me WHY the neurologists all seem to know so much? Like EVERYTHING? :laugh:

I, too, really enjoyed my neurology rotations both as a medical student and a resident. It's also true that there is heavy overlap between the fields. You'll find that the information you learn in neurology will, perhaps moreso than in other medicine subspecialty rotations, be incredibly useful when you're seeing patients later on. As I mentioned in a previous thread, there is particular overlap between the seizure disorders and psychiatric illness...at least from a personality standpoint.

Some cool reading:
Blumer, Dietrich. Evidence supporting the temporal lobe epilepsy personality syndrome. Devinsky, Orvin. American Academy of Neurology
Volume 53 (5) Supplement 2, 22 Sept. 1999, pp S9-S12

Devinsky, Orvin. Evidence against the existence of a temporal lobe epilepsy personality syndrome. American Academy of Neurology
Volume 53 (5) Supplement 2, 22 Sept. 1999, pp S13-S25

Plus, having this type of real medical knowledge helps you to much better understand the full aspect of patient care, answer their myriad questions, and treat them in a much more comprehensive manner than would otherwise be possible after you've had that kind of hands-on neurological exam and theoretical basis with treatment experience.

You'll be performing basic neuro exams on all your psych admits...I think that's pretty standard. While you might skimp when you're short on time, your internal alarm will go off when you sense something is "not quite right" with the way a patient is walking, speaking, etc that will prompt you to do a thorough exam and often, pick up findings that can be addressed.
 
Anasazi23 said:
I, too, really enjoyed my neurology rotations both as a medical student and a resident. It's also true that there is heavy overlap between the fields. You'll find that the information you learn in neurology will, perhaps moreso than in other medicine subspecialty rotations, be incredibly useful when you're seeing patients later on. As I mentioned in a previous thread, there is particular overlap between the seizure disorders and psychiatric illness...at least from a personality standpoint.

Some cool reading:
Blumer, Dietrich. Evidence supporting the temporal lobe epilepsy personality syndrome. Devinsky, Orvin. American Academy of Neurology
Volume 53 (5) Supplement 2, 22 Sept. 1999, pp S9-S12

Devinsky, Orvin. Evidence against the existence of a temporal lobe epilepsy personality syndrome. American Academy of Neurology
Volume 53 (5) Supplement 2, 22 Sept. 1999, pp S13-S25

Plus, having this type of real medical knowledge helps you to much better understand the full aspect of patient care, answer their myriad questions, and treat them in a much more comprehensive manner than would otherwise be possible after you've had that kind of hands-on neurological exam and theoretical basis with treatment experience.

You'll be performing basic neuro exams on all your psych admits...I think that's pretty standard. While you might skimp when you're short on time, your internal alarm will go off when you sense something is "not quite right" with the way a patient is walking, speaking, etc that will prompt you to do a thorough exam and often, pick up findings that can be addressed.

And for a contrary opinion...(click here)
 
Its those posts, and a few people on that thread that make me despise coming back to SDN - Hurricane you konw what I'm talkin bout (I sent you PM bishing I believe!)

Anyway - neuro is cool, in fact, most specialities are since medicine in general is cool - why do they always bash a specialty they know they're going to ultimately consult 🙄

Sazi I'm with you - I find the whole thing interesting and very practical in standard practice- I think eveyrone should know neuro or at least the basics. However, I find the material HARD ugg - its all the crossing symptoms, anatomy and vague symptoms that are difficult to interpret. But to watch a neurologist in action is pretty amazing - and whats up with all of them speaking spanish too?

As said previously - the true brains in medicine are in neuro in my book 🙂
I was actually afraid today when I heard him talking about the blood supply to the heart and how the blockage there causes blockage here, blah blah - seriously - to remember all that cold is scary :scared:
 
Poety said:
I was actually afraid today when I heard him talking about the blood supply to the heart and how the blockage there causes blockage here, blah blah - seriously - to remember all that cold is scary :scared:

Stroke neurologist? They should know this stuff cold. Shoot, most stroke neuropsychologists could tell you about this.
 
PublicHealth said:
Stroke neurologist? They should know this stuff cold. Shoot, most stroke neuropsychologists could tell you about this.


yeah, i figured that out after doing stroke unit :laugh: pffffffft bullocks.
 
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