Child Neurology Residency Curriculum

The Child Neurology Residency at Indiana University School of Medicine is a five-year program that begins with two years of training in pediatrics. Three years of subspecialty training in pediatric neurology follow. Six months of elective time are available during your pediatric neurology training, three months of which are pediatric.

Year One

Similar to the general neurology residency program, the first year of the Child Neurology Residency emphasizes patient evaluation and management at the teaching hospitals in Indianapolis that are affiliated with the IU School of Medicine. This patient care experience enables residents to develop clinical competence in general neurology.

Months	Location	Service Type	Details
1.5	Roudebush Veterans Administration Hospital	Inpatient Service	Adult Neurology consult and primary service
1.5	Eskenazi Health	Inpatient Consults	Adult Neurology consult service
1	Sandra Eskenazi Outpatient Care Center	Outpatient Clinics	General outpatient Adult Neurology
1	Your Choice	Elective	Options include neurooncology, neuroophthalmology and neurotoxicology. Residents can also design own electives.
2	Riley Hospital for Children	Inpatient Consults	Pediatric neurology consult service. Care for neurology patients throughout the hospital, emergency department and critical care units.
2	IU Health Neuroscience Center Outpatient Clinic	Outpatient Clinics	Rotate through general neurology subspecialty clinics, such as MS, ALS and Movement Disorders.
3	IU Health Methodist Hospital	Inpatient Consults	Adult Neurology consult service at our large Stroke Center. Child Neurology residents take their only Adult Neurology call during this rotation.

Year Two

The second year of residency emphasizes the foundations of clinical neuroscience.

Months	Location	Service Type	Details
2 (July/ August)	IU Health Neuroscience Center	Non-clinical Education	Two-month comprehensive neuroanatomy course with 4 hours of lecture time each morning and afternoon study sessions to learn everything from the amygdala to the zona incerta.
3	IU Health Neuroscience Center & Riley Hospital for Children	Clinical Electrophysiology	Work alongside our epileptologists and learn how to read electroencephalograms (EEG). Work alongside our neuromuscular specialists and physiatrists to learn how to perform and interpret electromyography (EMG).
1	Riley Hospital for Children	Neuroradiology	Review neuroimaging studies (e.g., CT, MRI, MRA and PET scans) with radiologists trained in pediatric neuroradiology.
1	Riley Outpatient Center	Outpatient Child Psychiatry Clinic	Residents rotate through the TAC (tic/anxiety/ compulsion) Clinic, the ADHD and disruptive behavior program and general pediatric psychiatry clinics to learn about psychiatric conditions, evaluations and treatments
1	Riley Hospital for Children	Child Neurorehabilitation	Care for patients in the Riley inpatient rehab unit. Residents also spend time in the outpatient PM&R clinics, including botox and TBI.
1	Riley Hospital for Children	Pediatric Neurosurgery Service	Follow inpatient pediatric neurosurgery patients and observe in the operating room to gain knowledge of common neurosurgery procedures.
3	Your Choice	Elective	Options include pediatric movement disorders clinic, neurogenetics, neuroNICU, and headache clinic. Residents can also design their own electives.

Year Three

In the third year of the Child Neurology Residency, residents assume roles with greater decision-making responsibility in the clinical setting. Residents enhance their teaching skills with greater roles in the ward, clinic and lecture setting.

Months	Location	Service Type	Details
6	Riley Hospital for Children	Outpatient Clinic	Rotate through all outpatient pediatric neurology clinics and learn from each of our 16 Child Neurology faculty members.
4	Riley Hospital for Children	Inpatient Consults	Pediatric neurology consult service. Senior the team and care for neurology patients throughout the hospital, emergency department and critical care units.
2	Your Choice	Elective	Options include pediatric movement disorder clinic, neurogenetics, neuroNICU and headache clinic. Residents can also design their own electives.

Academic Conferences

Child Neurology Grand Rounds	Weekly conferences including interesting cases by the ward team, resident lecture series and expert review of various child neurology topics.
Board Review Conference	Weekly conferences with board review as the primary goal. Topics often seen on the RITE examination and neurology boards are covered. Non-traditional teaching techniques such as jeopardy are often used. Content is flexible to adjust for areas of need among the residents.
"What's Your Diagnosis?"	Monthly chairman-style case discussion.
Book Club	Monthly review of chosen topics, often adult neurology.
Neurology Grand Rounds	Weekly conferences, including QA, expert review of topics and research presentations.
Neuroradiology Conference	Bimonthly discussion of interesting cases with the pediatric neuroradiology team.
Friday Didactics	Two-hour lecture series developed by Adult Neurology Residency.
Journal Club	Quarterly meetings with residents and faculty. A fun, social event held at a faculty member's home, currently done virtually.