Residency Curriculum

We are a complete 4-year ACGME accredited Neurology Training Program, which consists of 48 months of education. The first year includes a broad clinical experience followed by 36 months of neurology education. Each year consists of 13 four week blocks as follows. The curriculum is subject to change:

PGY-1

• Internal Medicine – SJMC – 4 blocks (16 weeks)
• Gen Peds – SJMC – 1 block (4 weeks)
• ED – SJMC – 1 block (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Neurology Consulting Service – SJMC – 1 block (4 weeks)
• Neurology Outpatient Clinic – TUMG – 1 block (4 weeks)
• Cardiology - SJMC - 1 block (4 weeks)
• IM Subspecialty Selective - SJMC - 2 blocks (8 weeks)
• Elective – SJMC – 2 blocks (8 weeks)

PGY-2

• Inpatient Neurology Consulting Service – SJMC – 6 blocks (24 weeks)
• Outpatient Neurology Clinic /  Neurodegenerative Disease – TUMG – 1 block (4 weeks)
• Psychiatry Clinical Liaison – SJMC – 1 block (4 weeks)
• Outpatient Sleep Medicine - SJMC - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Outpatient Neurology and Electromyography - TUMG - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Neurosurgery - SJGH - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Electromyography and Neuromuscular Medicine - UC Davis - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Neuroradiology - UC Davis- 1 block (4 weeks)
  

PGY-3

• Inpatient Neurology Consulting Service – SJMC – 3 blocks (12 weeks)
• Clinical Neurophysiology - TUMG - 3 blocks (12 weeks)
• Psychiatry Clinical Liaison – SJMC – 1 block (4 weeks)
• Neurocritical Care - SJMC and TUMG - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Neurology of Aging - TUMG - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Child Neurology - UC Davis - 2 blocks (8 weeks)
• Epilepsy Neurology and Electroencephalography - UC Davis - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Elective - SJMC - 1 block (4 weeks)
  

PGY-4

• Inpatient Neurology Consulting Service – SJMC – 3 blocks (12 weeks)
• Clinical Neurophysiology - TUMG - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Vascular Neurology - SJMC and TUMG - 1 block (4 weeks)
• Research - SJMC - 2 blocks (8 weeks)
• Elective - SJMC - 3 blocks (12 weeks)
• Epilepsy Neurology and Electroencephalography - UC Davis - 2 blocks (8 weeks)
• Child Neurology - UC Davis - 1 block (4 weeks)