Learning Experience

Unique Learning Experiences

• Extremely close and cooperative relationships between the Child Neurology, Pediatrics, and Adult Neurology training programs
• Child Neurology continuity clinic during the Pediatrics PGY2 year
• A month-long Neurology Bootcamp elective just before starting the PGY3 year
• Begin Child Neurology training (along with Adult Neurology training) during the PGY3 year
• Strong emphasis on graded autonomy and responsibility as residents advance and on continuity of care
• Joint teaching conferences with Neonatology, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Genetics, Neuroradiology, and Social Work

Louis Dang MD, PhD CNS-CNF 2019 Philip Dodge Award recipient

Scholarship

• All residents complete a mentored capstone project and present their project at the University of Michigan Neuroscience Day
• Capstone projects include research, quality improvement, or education projects or a scholarly review
• Most residents present a project at a national meeting and many have won local and national research awards
• We have excellent integration across departments, and our residents have completed projects with Adult Neurology, Sleep Medicine, Genetics, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, and basic science lab

• We have a world-famous pediatric health service research program, CHEAR - and child neurology residents can apply for a two-year CHEAR Fellowship
• Dr. Louis Dang, our division’s Research Director, and other members of the Resident Research Committee have recently revamped our scholarship curriculum, including didactics and roundtable discussions
• Our residents are eligible to apply for an NINDS Research Education Grant (R25) through the University of Michigan Clinical Neuroscientist Training Program, directed by Dr. Roger Albin.     
  
   

Giulia Benedetti, MD 2019 CNS Postgraduate award recipient 

Quality Improvement

• Dr. Erin Fedak, our residency’s Quality Improvement Director, has created a longitudinal quality improvement curriculum for our residents
• Our residents have completed excellent quality improvement projects including these recent projects:
  • Increasing folic acid prescription for patients who could become pregnant who take anti-seizure medications
  • Increasing screening for mental health disorders in clinic
  • Reducing unconscious bias in our resident selection process

Residents as Teachers

• Our residents teach each other in a self-designed neuroanatomy series, with input and feedback from our education experts
• Division-wide meetings for faculty and residents are dedicated to educational methods and skills
• Our residents can participate in CoMET (Community of Medical Educators in Training), a program designed for residents and fellows aiming to become the next generation of clinician-educators

Global Health

• Global health electives are offered in both the Pediatric and Child Neurology residency programs, with interested faculty to assist with mentoring
• Global REACH is a university organization which facilitates worldwide clinical, educational, and research collaborations