Rotations
All required rotations take place at Rhode Island Hospital with the exception of 1 month at the Providence VA medical center
Each resident has a continuity clinic for two weeks every six weeks (2+4 schedule). During those two weeks, each resident will have three half-day sessions of continuity clinic per week; then during the four weeks of mostly inpatient rotations, each resident will have zero sessions of continuity clinic. The resident clinic has the dedicated support from a clinic RN.
Each resident has three weeks of vacation during the PGY2 and PGY3 years, and four weeks of vacation during the PGY4 year. In addition residents rotate in our holiday schedule for 5-6 days on and 5-6 days off around the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
Each block in the diagram below is four weeks long:
| Block | PGY-2 | PGY-3 | PGY-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inpatient wards - vascular | Inpatient consults | Inpatient wards - senior |
| 2 | Inpatient wards - vascular | Inpatient consults | Inpatient wards - senior |
| 3 | Inpatient wards - general | Inpatient consults | Inpatient consults - senior |
| 4 | Inpatient wards - general | Inpatient consults | Inpatient consults - senior |
| 5 | Neurocritical care | Inpatient consults | VA Medical Center Neurology Clinic |
| 6 | Neurocritical care | Night float | Elective |
| 7 | Inpatient consults | Child neurology | Elective |
| 8 | Night float | EMG & Neuromuscular Clinic | Elective |
| 9 | EEG (3 weeks) / Neuroradiology (1 week) | EMG & Neuromuscular Clinic | Elective |
| 10 | Outpatient subspecialty clinics (NOC) | Outpatient subspecialty clinics (NOC) | Neuropathology (2 weeks) / Elective (2 weeks) |
| 11 | Outpatient subspecialty clinics (NOC) | Elective | Neuropathology |
| 12 | Child neurology | Elective | Psychiatry CL inpatient (2 weeks) |
| 13 | Psychiatry CL inpatient (2 weeks) | Inpatient wards - senior | Child neurology |
Suggested Electives
Residents are encouraged to create original electives. These are provided by the program.
| Extramural Must be approved by Program Director | Neuropsychiatry - Dr. Curt LaFrance Neuropsychiatry clinic, focus on conversion disorder |
| Neurodegenerative Disease May be done at Rhode Island Hospital or Butler Hospital | Physiatry Inpatient and outpatient exposure including Botox administration |
| Neurointerventional Radiology - Dr. Mahesh Jayaraman Emergent and elective endovascular cases | Neuro-otology - Dr. Melissa B. Ramocki Off-site subspeciality clinic |
| Movement Disorders & Botox May be done at Rhode Island Hospital or Butler Hospital | Neuro-ophthalmology - Dr. Tatiana Bakaeva |
| Sleep Medicine | Pain & Palliative Care |