Neurology Clerkship and Course Directors
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) provides a variety of support and resources for Neurology Clerkship directors. The AAN provides information to:
- Help maintain an up-to-date record of basic information concerning neurology clerkships at all American medical schools
- Foster development of educational materials
- Encourage the development of a recommended core curriculum and other consensus policies regarding the teaching of clinical neurology to medical students
- Promote the importance of education as an academic activity
Letter from the Chair
Greetings from the Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors!
As a clerkship director, you are automatically a member of the CNCD. The Consortium strives to improve the quality of professional life for neurology clerkship directors. As part of this effort, the Consortium hosts a listserv for raising issues and sharing your opinions with other clerkship directors, at CNCD@googlegroups.com. Clerkship directors are also invited to participate in the clerkship director web forum at www.aan.com/forums
The goal of the CNCD is to:
- Provide a "home" where clerkship directors can communicate with each other about issues affecting undergraduate medical education neurology clerkship programs, share their insights into clerkship management, and discuss controversial issues that challenge the undergraduate medical education environment.
- Promote the educational role of clerkship directors in the context of professional career development.
- Encourage creation of educational materials and performance of undergraduate medical education research.
Daniel L. Menkes, MD, FAAN
Clerkship Core Curriculum
Medical student neurology clerks should learn the basic knowledge and skills required to effectively diagnose and manage patients with common neurological symptoms and disorders. To that end, the AAN has developed a neurology clerkship curriculum. The curriculum was developed by the Undergraduate Education Subcommittee of the AAN and endorsed jointly by the AAN, AUPN and ANA. Individual clerkship directors and medical colleges may use their discretion in developing specific neurology curricula to suit the needs of their students and the AAN Clerkship Core Curriculum Guidelines is an excellent resource to use as a guide when developing these curricula. (Clerkship Core Curriculum Guidelines)
Clerkship Directory
The Clerkship Directory provides information about medical schools that offer neurology clerkships, including the name of the Clerkship Director, the medical school address, and email contact. You can search for neurology clerkships by state or medical school.
Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors provides a forum for the exchange of views on educational matters related to the teaching of clinical neurology to medical students.
Tools for Clerkship Directors
- Curricula for Internal Medicine and Family Practice residents
- Continuum
- Neurology Education Abstracts
- Education Colloquium
- Education Program materials
- AUPN Boot Camp
- Clerkship and Program Directors Conference Materials
- CNCD Minutes
- 2005 Clerkship Survey Report
- Neurology Residency Match
- Website Resources
The CNCD coordinates activities with the Undergraduate Education Subcommittee (UES) and represents Neurology in the following organizations:
- Alliance for Clinical Education (ACE) is a multidisciplinary group formed in 1992 to enhance clinical instruction of medical students. ACE's mission is to foster collaboration across specialties in order to promote excellence in clinical education of medical students. The ACE website offers several publications, including a Guidebook for Clerkship Directors.
- Association of American Medical Colleges Council on Academic Societies (AAMC) offers clinical skills information and provides leaders of medical schools and teaching hospitals with an extensive array of data to support their missions, including salary surveys, benchmarking tools, physician workforce projections, and online databases to help member institutions manage their operations and attain their objectives.
- Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) is the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to the MD degree in US and Canadian medical schools. The LCME website offers information on accreditation standards.
2012 Clerkship Directors Teaching and Innovation Awards
2012 Clerkship Directors Teaching Award
Nominations Accepted Until January 3. Applications Accepted Until February 7
The AAN Neurology Clerkship Directors Teaching Award is intended to acknowledge the educational efforts of neurology clerkship directors. Clerkship Directors are dedicated teachers who devote considerable time and energy to this task, often with little support.
Many directors have developed extensive curricula, teaching tools, and outcome assessments to enhance neurology education.
This award is meant to recognize individuals who have dedicated themselves to neurology education and to creating not only future generations of neurologists but also teaching neurology to students choosing other disciplines.
Click here to apply or nominate someone for the award.
The Clerkship Director Teaching Award will be presented to one recipient at the AAN Annual Meeting during the Clerkship Directors meeting (Saturday, April 21, 2012; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm; New Orleans, LA).
Nominations for the 2012 award will be accepted until January 3, 2012; applications will be accepted until February 7, 2012. Selection will be made in March 2012.
Click here to view Clerkship Director Teaching Award Policies and Procedures
2012 Clerkship Director Innovation Award
Nominations Accepted Until January 3. Applications Accepted Until February 7
The AAN Neurology Clerkship Directors Innovation Award is intended to acknowledge innovation and creativity in neurology clerkship directors. Clerkship Directors are dedicated educators who devote considerable time and energy to this task, often with little support. Many directors have developed unique tools and instruments to teach medical students, to assess knowledge, and benchmark progress.
This award is meant to recognize individuals who are also developing such new and creative tools for neurology education. Special consideration will be given to those individuals who are using new technologies; finding new ways of engaging medical students; who can demonstrate that their techniques have either increased students' knowledge of neurologic principles, or have increased the number of students entering post-graduate training in neurology.
Click here to apply or nominate someone for the award.
The Clerkship Director Innovation Award will be presented to one recipient at the AAN Annual Meeting during the Clerkship Directors meeting (Saturday, April 21, 2012; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm; New Orleans, LA).
Nominations for the 2012 award will be accepted until January 3, 2012; applications will be accepted until February 7, 2012. Selection will be made in March 2012.
Click here to view Clerkship Director Innovation Award Policies and Procedures
2011 Clerkship Directors Teaching and Innovation Awards
The CNCD proudly announces the recipients of the first annual Clerkship Directors Awards:
2011 Clerkship Director Teaching Award
Douglas J. Gelb, MD, PhD, FAAN (University of Michigan)
This award recognizes individuals who have dedicated themselves to neurology education and to creating not only future generations of neurologists but also teaching neurology to students choosing other disciplines.
2011 Clerkship Director Innovation Award
Daniel L. Menkes, MD, FAAN (University of Connecticut Health Center)
This award acknowledges innovation and creativity in neurology clerkship directors and recognizes individuals who have developed new and creative tools for neurology education.
Applications for the 2012 Awards will be available in August.
Clerkship Director Web Forum
The Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors has a new web forum!
This forum (on AAN.com) is available for you as a place to communicate with each other about issues affecting undergraduate medical education neurology clerkship programs, share your insights into clerkship management, and discuss controversial issues that challenge the undergraduate medical education environment.