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Clinical Training
The Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital carries out active undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training. At the undergraduate level, clinical training includes a Royal College accredited specialty training program in neurology that is provided primarily to students in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, but also to medical students from other universities throughout Canada and abroad. Clinical training in neurology is also provided at the postgraduate level to residents training in Royal College accredited specialty training programs in neurology; internal medicine; physical medicine and rehabilitation; pediatric neurology; psychiatry; and neuropsychiatry. The main research areas are related to clinical problems in neurology and include stroke prevention, acute stroke management, multiple sclerosis therapies and small fiber neuropathy therapies.
The Faculty within the Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital maintains widespread and substantial contributions to education within the Faculty of Medicine and in the community.
Undergraduate Training Program
The Undergraduate Training Program in the Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital is under the direction of Dr. Alister Prout. The Division maintains a significant contribution to the undergraduate medical education program through rotations of medical students on the inpatient, outpatient and consultative services at St. Paul’s Hospital. In addition, regular teaching at clerkship half days and on Professors' Rounds remains part of the Faculty commitment to undergraduate medical education. Additionally, the faculty regularly participates in formal bedside clinical neurological examination during several years of the undergraduate medical education program. Medical students are primarily from the University of British Columbia, but medical students from other universities in Canada rotate through the neurology service at St. Paul’s Hospital. The teaching skills of the faculty within the Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital is always rated very highly by undergraduate medical students. Finally, the faculty regularly provides didactic and practical teaching sessions to all undergraduate medical students as part of their daily activities on the neurology service at St. Paul’s Hospital.
Postgraduate Training Program
The Postgraduate Training Program in the Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital is under the direction of Dr. Alister Prout. The Division maintains a leading role and a high profile in the teaching of resident trainees at multiple levels. Residents from neurology; internal medicine; physical medicine and rehabilitation; pediatric neurology; psychiatry and neuropsychiatry all rotate through the various services within the Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital. The majority of the residents come from the University of British Columbia however, residents from other universities in Canada also rotate through the Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital. The faculty within the Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital is always rated very highly as to their clinical expertise and teaching skills by postgraduate trainees. The St. Paul’s Hospital Neurology rotation is highly sought after by residents in all training programs. Regular seminars as well as practical bedside teaching sessions are provided by each member of faculty as part of their daily activities at St. Paul’s Hospital.
Other Training Programs
The Division of Neurology at St. Paul’s Hospital is also responsible for the training of neurophysiology technology students from BCIT and BC Children’s Hospital. These students regularly rotate through the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories at St. Paul’s Hospital. The St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Neurophysiology rotation is highly sought after by neurophysiology students.
Continuing Medical Education
Faculty members within the Division of Neurology are regularly involved in continuing medical education activities both within the Department of Medicine and Division of Neurology as well as outside the Department of Medicine. Many Division members participate as faculty members in seminars, conferences and other programs centered at St. Paul’s Hospital, centered at other teaching hospitals within the University of British Columbia and in other community hospitals. The Faculty members from the St. Paul’s Hospital Division of Neurology are regularly asked to speak on topics arising from all subspecialty areas within the discipline of clinical Neurology.