First Exposure to Neurology (Lange First Exposure)

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The Ultimate Neurology Clerkship Companion

Everything you need for your rotation in neurology is right at your fingertips in this portable, hands-on guide. With its streamlined coverage of diagnostic skills, symptom complexes, specific diseases, plus “Don't Miss Diagnoses,” FIRST EXPOSURE TO NEUROLOGY accelerates your mastery of the core competencies of the Neurology clerkship.

The ideal databank and toolset for your rotation

FIRST EXPOSURE TO NEUROLOGY enhances your rotation with:

A compelling profile of the practice of neurology

Just the right amount of material for your 4-week clerkship

Information on how to interpret neurodiagnostic tests and brain imaging procedures

A focus on important concepts you should learn-not memorization of facts

How-to's for evaluating the emergency patient

The “Chief Complaints” most often presented in neurology departments

“Don't Miss Diagnoses” table for each major clinical problem

Clinically relevant detail on cases you will see

Learning objectives at the start of each chapter

Howard Kirshner, MD
Professor of Neurology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Kirshner has been the neurology clerkship director at Vanderbilt for 23 years and was recently awarded that school’s prestigious “Master of Clinical Teaching Award.” Dr. Kirshner also served on the American Academy of Neurology’s education committee that formulated the core competencies that neurology clerkships should include.