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The fellow will spend most of their time in the sports neurology clinics at Ochsner Health under the direction and supervision of sports neurology faculty. When not on another rotation, the fellow will be expected to be in sports neurology clinic 4.5 days a week with a half day of administration time. During their clinic time, the fellow will provide direct care to sports neurology patients. The fellow will see a combination of new patients and follow up patients. For the first 6 months, the fellow will staff all patients with the supervising attending and be expected to take 45 minutes for follow up patients and 60 minutes for new patients. For the second 6 months, the fellow will staff all new patients with the supervising attending and be given the opportunity/have the expectation to self-manage all follow up patients and be expected to take 30 minutes for follow up patients and 60 minutes for new patients.
During their clinic time, the fellow will learn:
This rotation is the only optional one during the fellowship as some fellows will have had more neuromuscular training during neurology residency than what is minimally required and therefore the fellow may opt out of this rotation if they so choose by notifying the fellowship director prior to their arrival for fellowship. If the fellow elects to undertake this rotation, time from sports neurology clinic will be removed to allow for the necessary time for this rotation. During this rotation, the fellow is exposed to peripheral nerve, plexus, radicular, myelopathic, muscular, and neuromuscular junction pathology. As this rotation is in addition to the minimally required neuromuscular training the fellow received during their neurology residency, the fellow will be expected to already have basic knowledge in neuromuscular medicine. The fellow will use this rotation to enhance their knowledge base to recognize neuromuscular pathology as it relates to the field of sports neurology.
By the end of this rotation, the fellow will be able to:
During this rotation, the fellow is exposed to the acute and chronic management of spinal disorders and peripheral joint disorders. The fellow will use this rotation to understand when to appropriately refer sports neurology patients to interventional pain management and to understand what treatments sports neurology patients may undergo within interventional pain management.
By the end of this rotation, the fellow will be able to:
During this rotation, the fellow is exposed to the evaluation and management of acute and chronic mood, sleep, and cognitive disorders that result from neurological and psychiatric disease. The fellow will use this rotation to learn basic therapy techniques to manage sports neurology patients with mood, sleep, and/or cognitive disorders as well as to understand when to appropriately refer sports neurology patients to neuro- or health psychology.
By the end of this rotation, the fellow will be able to:
During this rotation, the fellow is exposed to the evaluation and management of vestibular disease, myofascial disease, and cognitive impairment. The fellow will use this rotation to learn basic therapy techniques to manage sports neurology patients with vestibular disease, myofascial disease, speech impairment, and cognitive impairment as well as to understand when to appropriately refer sports neurology patients to physical, occupation, and/or speech therapy.
By the end of this rotation, the fellow will be able to:
During this rotation, the fellow is exposed broadly to primary care sports medicine thru multiple providers including physicians, advanced practice providers, and athletic trainers. The fellow will use this rotation to understand the team dynamic between sports medicine and sports neurology and how to mutually care for an injured patient as well as to participate in patient and community educational activities. As a part of this rotation, the fellow will work alongside primary care sports medicine providers to provide year-round neurological sideline coverage for select local schools at the high school and/or college level for contact sports. This coverage will mostly take place after any clinic hours in the evening or on the weekends. If other opportunities for sports coverage arise, the fellow will strongly be encouraged to attend.
By the end of this rotation, the fellow will be able to:
During this rotation, the fellow is exposed to neuroophthalmological disease. The fellow will use this rotation to understand how neuroophthalmological disease is a concern in some sports neurology injuries as well as to understand when to appropriately refer sports neurology patients to neuroophthalmology.
By the end of this rotation, the fellow will be able to: