In general, fellows can expect to work from 8-5pm, Monday through Friday. They will be rotating through different subspecialties, and will maintain their own continuity clinic, with a half day staffed by a physician, and a half day staffed with an APP. Rotations include the following:
- Neuroradiology
- Headache
- Epilepsy
- Neuromuscular
- Stroke
- Movement
- Neuro-immunology
- Neurosurgery
- Inpatient – General, Consult, and EMU
- Dementia
- Neuropsychology
There will be an opportunity for an elective rotation as well.
The Neurology fellowship training program aims to provide residents with not only the requisite educational and clinical experiences, but also reasonable opportunities for rest and personal activities needed to maintain wellness. Fellows shall be able to attend their medical, mental health, and dental care appointments, including those scheduled during work hours, and they shall be able to transition the care of their patients when needed due to fatigue, illness, or family emergency. Fellows and faculty members are expected to demonstrate an understanding and acceptance of their personal roles in:
- The safety and welfare of patients entrusted to their care.
- Their fitness for duty, and specifically the recognition of impairment, including illness and fatigue, in themselves and in their peers.
- Management of their time before, during, and after clinical assignments.
- Honest and accurate reporting of work hours and other data.
It is the professional responsibility of the fellow to notify the Program Manager if he or she is approaching the limits of the requirements set forth below, whether in terms of work hours, fatigue or other fitness for duty. Patterns of problems experienced by the resident should be reported to the Program Manager and/or Program Leader for correction.
Paid Time Off
Vacation: Like all UW Health APPs, fellows receive paid time off (PTO) coordinating with their years of service at the UW. Employees new to the UW are eligible for 3 weeks of PTO, plus 7 paid holidays.
Professional Meetings: Each fellow receives, in addition to vacation time, up to one paid week each year to attend professional meetings. Attendance for the meeting is to be approved at a minimum of 4 weeks in advance by the program leader.
Moonlighting
Moonlighting is defined as compensated, medically-related work not related to the training program requirements. The department of neurology neither encourages nor discourages moonlighting. Of course, the primary responsibilities of our fellows are to care for our patients and to learn the clinical and basic sciences of neurology. Moonlighting must not interfere with these, or with the fellow’s fitness for work, and certainly must not compromise patient safety.
IMPORTANT: UW Health does not provide any liability coverage for moonlighting activities, whether internal or external. The fellow or the employer where the moonlighting takes place must provide liability coverage for the moonlighting activities.
As with all UW APPs, the fellow also has rights to take a leave of absence including Parental Leave and Personal Medical leave. The program training will need to be extended if such a need arises.
