Curriculum - Child Neurology Residency

Overview

Most of our trainees complete two years of pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children before beginning their child neurology training. The three-year Child Neurology Residency meets the training requirements established by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

The first year of the Child Neurology Residency is spent at Temple University Hospital doing adult neurology. Residents take in-hospital call once per week on average during their adult neurology year. The second and third years of the Child Neurology Residency are spent at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children where residents will participate in a combination of inpatient, outpatient, and elective rotations. There is no in-hospital call during the two child neurology years. Residents take call from home once per week on average, in addition to one weekend per month.

Residents have their own once-weekly child neurology continuity clinic at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children throughout the three years of neurology training.

Sample Block Schedule

NYIT = Neurology Year in Training

All NYIT residents have child neurology continuity clinic one half-day per week.

The entirety of the NYIT1 year is performed at Temple University Hospital except for the one half-day of continuity clinic. For NYIT2 and NYIT3, rotations are performed at the primary site, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.