Clinical Orientation Manual - University of Kansas Medical Center

even 1300h depending on the attending. You usually need to allot 45 minutes to see your
patients before rounds, but give yourself extra time for the first few days. Students typically carry
2-4 patients. At the VA, beware of patients using their “elevator pass” and going outside to
smoke for extended periods of time. Touch base with your resident via pager regarding the first
day regarding rounds timing. Also, on your first day, you will meet with a lady named Stephanie
(on the 11 th floor) for parking passes and VA identification cards. Lunches are often provided at
the VA by pharmaceutical reps, so if your ethics allow, you can partake. There are several ways
to get to the VA; one is: 39 th street east to Broadway, north on Broadway to Linwood, east on
Linwood. 71 highway is a good route too (google it).
5. CMH: The first day is orientation and the coordinator is Paula Mengel. She will give very
detailed directions beforehand (via email) on where to go the first day. The child neurology
service is entirely a consult service. Typically, the child neurology team consists of an attending,
a nurse manager, a child neurology fellow, an adult neurology resident from KUMC, and 2-3
medical students. The attendings switch each week on Fridays. At CMH, sit-down rounds start
at 0900h. Typically, it is a good idea to arrive between 0800-0830h. There is a resident
conference room where students may leave their personal belongings and use
computers. Students do not typically pre-round on patients; rather, the entire team meets with
the primary pediatrics team (which consists of CMH residents and UMKC and/or KCUMB medical
students) to hear updates on each patient. Rounds typically last 15-45 minutes depending on the
patient load. After sit-down rounds, the child neurology team sees each patient. Depending on
the patient load, the team may break for lunch and reunite for the afternoon to finish seeing
patients. At CMH there are a number of educational conferences over the lunch hour. Professor
Grand Rounds occurs each Monday. This is a case presentation by a pediatrics resident. Lunch
is provided, and the event is well attended by students, residents, and faculty alike. Additional
neuroradiology or neuropathology conferences are held throughout the week. Depending on the
attending on service, students may be expected to participate in these conferences. During the
afternoons, students and residents are expected to see all inpatient consults and report to the
attending. Students should plan to carry 2-4 patients, but each attending has his/her own
preference. A typical day ends between 3pm and 6pm. The schedule is quite variable depending
on the patient volume. It is a good idea to brush up on newborn reflexes before starting this
rotation. Students get free lunch almost every other day at Childrens Mercy, and all inpatient child
neurology patients are managed by a primary pediatrics team.
6. Outpatient clinics - most are held on the 1st floor at the Landon Center of Aging. The
outpatient clinics vary immensely based on what he specialty/topic of the clinic and the attendings
that you work with.. You will work 1 on 1 with an attending; therefore, it is a good opportunity for
exposure to faculty and for learning in depth about one or two topics. Ask the attending to go
over complex topics and try to see patients on your own and practice presenting.
Weekends: The neurology clerkship requires each student to work one weekend day of one
weekend during the duration of the course. Select your date during orientation, or more likely,
discuss the best timing with your respective team.
Call schedule: No call required
Study Materials (by no means an exhaustive list; use what works for you):
1. Case Files: Neurology
2. BluePrints Neurology (Text or Clinical Cases)
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