Abstract

The Neurology Review Committee (RC) mandates continuity clinic for adult neurology residency training programs. Most neurologic patients, however, are seen in return every few months and emergencies are not seen in continuity clinic. Residents on inpatient rotations leave their rotation to go to clinic, resulting in discontinuity of inpatient care, extra handoffs, and additional distractions in clinic. Our objective was to compare the traditional weekly schedule for the neurology resident continuity clinic to a new schedule favoring more clinic time during outpatient rotations and less time in clinic during inpatient rotations. With the permission of the Neurology RC, we devised a pilot study. Duke Institutional Review Board waiver was obtained. In …

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