Required Rotations and Electives

Required rotations

The Dartmouth Hitchcock Neurology residency requires all residents to complete the following rotations some of which are required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and some with are required by this program:

  • 6 Blocks General Inpatient Service
  • 6 Blocks Vascular Inpatient Service
  • 3 Blocks General Consult Service
  • 3 Blocks Pediatric Neurology
  • 1 Block Psychiatry
  • 1 Block Neuro ICU Service
  • 1 Block Night Float
  • 2 Blocks Epilepsy/EMU
  • 1 Block Neuromuscular/EMG
  • ½ Block Neuro Radiology
  • ½ Block Hospice and Palliative Care
  • ½ Block Headache Medicine

Electives

Residents will have a total of approximately 22 weeks of elective time throughout their residency. Electives may include the following areas:

  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Clinical epilepsy
  • Headache
  • Movement Disorders
  • Neuro-immunology/Multiple sclerosis
  • Neuromuscular disease and clinical neurophysiology
  • Neuro-oncology
  • Neuro-ophthalmology
  • Neuropathology
  • Neuroradiology
  • Pain medicine
  • Sleep disorders

Current block rotations

PG1

  • 7 blocks of Medicine (IM will schedule)
  • 1 block of IM night float - split into 2 two-week blocks
  • 1 block of Emergency Medicine
  • 2 weeks of Neuro ICU
  • 2 weeks of Adult General Inpatient Neurology
  • 2 weeks of Adult Vascular Inpatient Neurology
  • 2 weeks of General Consult Service
  • 2 weeks of Neurology Bootcamp
  • 1 block of Medicine Elective

PG2

  • 2-3 blocks of Adult General Inpatient Neurology (averages, can vary)
  • 2-3 blocks Adult Inpatient Vascular Neurology (averages can vary)
  • 1 block of night float- this will be split into 2 two week blocks during the year.
  • 1 block of Outpatient Epilepsy
  • 1 block of Neuromuscular
  • 1 block of Psychiatry
  • 1 block of Pediatric Neurology
  • 1 ½ blocks of Elective
  • 2 weeks of Headache
  • 2 weeks of Neuro Radiology

PG3

  • 3 blocks Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Vascular Neurology Team leader
  • 3 blocks General Consult Service
  • 1 block of night float – this will be broken into 2 two week rotations
  • 1 block of Pediatric Neurology
  • 1 block of Neurocritical Care
  • 2 weeks of Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
  • 2 weeks of Neuromuscular Medicine
  • 3 blocks of Electives

PG4

  • 3 blocks Adult Inpatient General Neurology, Chief Resident
  • 1 block of Pediatric Neurology
  • 1 block of Psychiatry
  • 1 block of Night Float – scheduled as two separate 2 week blocks during the year
  • 1 block of Neuromuscular Medicine
  • 1 block of Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
  • ½ block Palliative Medicine
  • 3 ½ blocks of Electives