Throughout the Neurology Residency Program, resident physicians take on extensive clinical responsibilities under close, individual supervision by senior residents and attending staff members. Daily patient teaching rounds provide in-depth discussion of all patients seen on the Neurology Unit and through consultation. General neurology outpatient clinics with attending staff supervision expose resident physicians to common neurological problems. Neurology specialty clinics offer focused experience in epilepsy, neuromuscular diseases, and pediatric neurology. All residents attend weekly Continuity Clinic, which allows them to follow patients over an extended period of time. An extensive program of formal teaching conferences at the teaching hospitals complements daily clinical activities. Weekly Neurology Grand Rounds lectures cover a range of clinical and research topics and are presented by guest speakers from this country and abroad. Chief of Service Rounds consist of detailed clinical analysis of individual patients by residents and senior staff members. Community neurologists share patient cases with UMDNJ residents and staff during the Special Problems in Neurology workshop.. 

Residents are exposed to gross and microscopic neuropathology through two sessions monthly at University Hospital that concentrate on material from current clinical cases. An every other week neurophysiology conference presents the principles of EEG and EMG in a series of formal lectures. On a rotating basis, neurology residents participate in the Resident Journal Club by preparing comprehensive reviews of current neurologic topics. Clinical management decisions are discussed at the monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference. Cerebrovascular disorders are analyzed at weekly stroke conferences.

Throughout the academic year, resident physicians are encouraged to attend basic science and research seminars sponsored by the UMDNJ Department of Neurosciences. Ongoing didactic lectures covering topics in psychiatry and neuro-ophthalmology augment clinical patient activities in these fields. Each year, residents take the American Academy of Neurology-American Neurological Association In-Service Training Examination as a self-assessment and to prepare for the Neurology Board Examination. 

In summary, the UMDNJ Neurology Residency Program's extensive formal educational activities provide in-depth exposure to clinical neurology and the neurosciences. This program fosters the development of mature, competent neurologists by accompanying clinical experience with a wide variety of neurological and neurosurgical conditions and by being attendant to the personal needs of resident physicians.

A list of all teaching conferences can be viewed by visiting the "Lectures and Conferences" section on the residency homepage.