Didactic Curriculum
Didactic Curriculum
The program values the input of the residents to shape the curriculum. We work to have engaging didactics rather than just having a lecturer go through power point slides for an hour. During the height of the pandemic, 100% of our didactics were virtual. In 2022, we returned to much needed face time. We now have a hybrid system in which our didactics are in person at Harbor UCLA Medical Center but we have our residents at the other sites zoom in.
For the first 6-7 weeks of the academic year, we hold a neuro-emergency / intro lecture series. The remainder of the year our didactics are as below
Mondays 1st: 12:00-1:00 Peer Review
Mondays 2nd: 12:00-1:00 Resident Meeting
Mondays 4th: 9:00-11:00 Rancho Neurobehavior Conference
Tuesdays 4th: At Long Beach VA: Neuroradiology Conference
Wednesdays (weekly):
At Rancho 8:00-10:00 Epilepsy Surgery Conference
At Harbor 12:00-2:30 Department of Neurology Grand Rounds and Didactics
Grand Rounds lectures are often clinically focused or sometimes involve an update of the latest scientific advances in the neurosciences. Didactics range from faculty led lectures, to case conference, to journal club and more.
Fridays (weekly)
7:30-8:00 (Virtual) Multiple Sclerosis Conference
8:00-9:00 (Virtual) Neuroradiology Conference
Neurology and Neurosurgery teams attend with a neuroradiology attending leading the session. Interesting cases from the week are reviewed and often times a lively discussion amongst teams takes place.
At Rancho 1:00-2:00: Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Select Fridays: Quality Improvement Curriculum
Additional Conferences and Meetings:
- Vascular surgery conference, every other monthly
- Teleconferenced Neurophysiology lectures, (weekly Tuesdays 12:00-2:00)