The "Passport"
- All students receive a "Neurology Clerkship Passport." This is a critical document that must be turned in at the end of the clerkship (i.e. no grade without it!)
- The Passport components are valuable feedback and teaching components of the clerkship. The purpose of this format is to give you autonomy in getting feedback and teaching. Thus, it is your responsibility to seek these out. You must get each required component initialed by your residents and/or attendings before turning in the completed Passport. For each two week block an attending should conduct and sign off on the feedback evaluation. (In NOPU, the NOPU resident may sign)
- There may be less time pressure in inpatient rather than outpatient settings for an attending to watch the student perform patient examinations. So, you should approach your inpatient attending or senior resident to coordinate time(s) to do this. It may be easier to do the exam in stages, doing one or a few components at a time. Avoid waiting until the last two days to complete this.
- Midpoint during each 2-week block is a good point to request feedback from an attending. By this time, everyone will know one another and attendings will have an idea of your areas of strength as well as areas needing improvement. Please seek out this feedback.
- The night on-call is a good time to ask the on-call junior or senior neurology resident to go over and sign-off on the neurological emergencies (status epilepticus, coma, acute stroke). If it is a busy night, it may not be possible to review all three, so you may want to do this before or after the on-call night with a neurology resident on your service.
- The minimal list of patient complaints/problems must be appropriately completed and documented on the passport (see above).
- Observing or attempting a lumbar puncture is optional, but a good idea if you get the chance.