Patient Care

Goals

Learn how to contribute to the understanding of the pathophysiology of neurologic disease and/or the development of novel treatments.

Objectives

Patient care may be developed in clinical research projects.  Fellows will learn to care for patients within the confines of a clinical research study if applicable.

Medical knowledge

Goals

Build a broad and deep knowledge base in a research topic relevant to the pathophysiology of neurologic disease and/or the development of novel treatments.

Objectives

Medical knowledge will be obtained through background literature review in the research topic of interest.  Fellows will develop practical knowledge of statistical analyses.

Interpersonal Communication

Goals

Present scientific data and peer-review, ideally via submission of one abstract or manuscript during the course of training.

Objectives

Good communication with other researchers is necessary for collaboration in research.  The Fellow will learn how to obtain informed consent, enroll the patients, and communicate with regulatory personnel.

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Goals

Identify ways to improve scientific practice.

Objectives

The Fellow will be responsible for working with supervisory staff and co-participants in troubleshooting the methods of the proposed research.

Professionalism

Goals

The fellows will demonstrate ongoing self-education and habits of life-long learning.

Objectives

Fellows will maintain the highest standards of professionalism, especially in interactions with patients or with other research colleagues.  The Fellow will be responsible for tracking duty hours and reporting them to the supervisory attending.

Systems-Based Practice

Goals

The fellows recognize that he/she is part of a research team.

The fellows develop knowledge for regulatory guidelines in basic, translational and clinical research.

Objectives

Research requires absolute compliance with regulatory guidelines such as HIPAA for patient-based research and animal safety regulations for basic science research.  The fellows will learn how to complete projects within this regulatory environment.

As with all of the individual rotations described in this section, the specific objectives of the continuity clinic are reflected in the entrustable professional activities and individual milestones. These form the basis for the fellow’s evaluation, which is completed by his or her clinic attending twice each year. (Please see the section End-of-Rotation Evaluations for the list of milestone abbreviations).