Adult Residency Tracks
Clinician educator track
Developing future leaders in academic neurology education
Providing a structured and personalized approach to professional development, the resident clinical educator track equips neurology residents with the essential skills and experiences needed for a successful career in medical education. Through close collaboration with departmental and institutional education leaders, residents engage in a longitudinal curriculum that emphasizes curriculum design, mentorship, feedback delivery and effective teaching strategies. This pathway ensures that graduates emerge as confident, capable educators ready to contribute meaningfully to academic medicine.
Training focus
didactic skills • assessment • feedback delivery • mentorship and coaching • curriculum design and management • identification and use of education theory • consumption and production of education scholarship
Master clinician track
Developing diagnostic mastery through immersive clinical training
Providing residents with intensive exposure to diverse neurological subspecialties, the master clinician track fosters the development of advanced clinical acumen and procedural expertise. Emphasizing diagnostic reasoning, complex case management and the interplay between neurologic and systemic disease, this individualized training pathway equips graduates for a wide range of career trajectories — from general community practice to academic subspecialization.
Training focus
diagnostic skills • use of cutting-edge technology • in-depth understanding of neuropathology and evidence-based medicine
Physician-scientist track
Opportunities for research excellence through the physician-scientist track
Offering a unique integration of clinical training and scientific inquiry, the physician-scientist track provides residents with early and sustained opportunities to engage in research. With dedicated time beginning in the intern year, participants work alongside internationally recognized mentors in neurology to pursue bench, translational or clinical research. Supported by a strong track record of R25 funding and the resources of a top NIH-funded department, this track fosters the development of future leaders in neuroscience research.
Training focus
R25 proposal mentorship • field-changing research opportunities • opportunity to obtain Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation