The Child Neurology Residency begins with two years of training in the Department of Pediatrics. Schedules align with categorical pediatrics residents so you have the same opportunities, roles and responsibilities to get the most out of your foundations in pediatrics.
XY scheduling is an educationally-driven initiative that has been successfully implemented and well-received. This plan was created with significant resident input and is integrated into all of our categorical and combined pediatric programs.
Highlights:
- The X vs Y/Z blocks are alternating which adds to balance and wellness
- Our XYZ system is fully aligned with other 2025 new template curricular changes
- Didactics were also updated and integrated into the XYZ system to add academic half days
- Vacation, call/jeopardy and days off are also integrated into the XYZ system
| X Blocks | Y Blocks | Z Blocks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example Rotations | Hospital wards, heme/onc, NICU |
Emergency department, normal newborn | Community, psychiatry, electives |
| Continuity Clinics | No continuity clinics for these four-week blocks | Full day clinic per week | Additional continuity clinics are scheduled |
| Other Notes | Professional development and wellness days provided by request |
Two weeks of vacation incorporated |
Two weeks of vacation incorporated |
|
Didactics |
Noon conference daily | Wednesday morning academic half day | Wednesday morning academic half day |
Our new curriculum fully meets all new board and accreditation requirements. We believe in robust training in pediatrics for all combined residents with full experiences in ICU, ED, inpatient, outpatient and electives during your integrated pediatrics training. Additional information is provided during interview sessions and by request with sample schedules.
The first year of the residency emphasizes patient evaluation and management at the teaching hospitals in Indianapolis that are affiliated with IU School of Medicine. This patient care experience enables residents to develop clinical competence in general neurology.
| Months | Location | Service Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Roudebush Veterans Administration Hospital | Inpatient Service | Adult Neurology consult and primary service |
| 1.5 | Eskenazi Health | Inpatient Consults | Adult Neurology consult service |
| 1 | Sandra Eskenazi Outpatient Care Center | Outpatient Clinics | General outpatient Adult Neurology |
| 1 |
Your Choice | Elective |
Options include neurooncology, neuroophthalmology and neurotoxicology. Residents can also design own electives. |
| 2 | Riley Hospital for Children |
Inpatient Consults | Pediatric neurology consult service. Care for neurology patients throughout the hospital, emergency department and critical care units. |
| 2 | IU Health Neuroscience Center Outpatient Clinic | Outpatient Clinics | Rotate through general neurology subspecialty clinics, such as MS, ALS and Movement Disorders. |
| 3 | IU Health Methodist Hospital | Inpatient Consults | Adult Neurology consult service at our large Stroke Center. Child Neurology residents take their only Adult Neurology call during this rotation. |
The second year of residency emphasizes the foundations of clinical neuroscience.
| Months | Location | Service Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 (July/ August) | IU Health Neuroscience Center | Non-clinical Education | Two-month comprehensive neuroanatomy course with 4 hours of lecture time each morning and afternoon study sessions to learn everything from the amygdala to the zona incerta. |
| 3 | IU Health Neuroscience Center & Riley Hospital for Children | Clinical Electrophysiology | Work alongside our epileptologists and learn how to read electroencephalograms (EEG). Work alongside our neuromuscular specialists and physiatrists to learn how to perform and interpret electromyography (EMG). |
| 1 | Riley Hospital for Children | Neuroradiology | Review neuroimaging studies (e.g., CT, MRI, MRA and PET scans) with radiologists trained in pediatric neuroradiology. |
| 1 | Riley Outpatient Center | Outpatient Child Psychiatry Clinic | Residents rotate through the TAC (tic/anxiety/ compulsion) Clinic, the ADHD and disruptive behavior program and general pediatric psychiatry clinics to learn about psychiatric conditions, evaluations and treatments |
| 1 | Riley Hospital for Children | Child Neurorehabilitation | Care for patients in the Riley inpatient rehab unit. Residents also spend time in the outpatient PM&R clinics, including botox and TBI. |
| 1 |
Riley Hospital for Children | Pediatric Neurosurgery Service |
Follow inpatient pediatric neurosurgery patients and observe in the operating room to gain knowledge of common neurosurgery procedures. |
| 3 | Your Choice | Elective | Options include pediatric movement disorders clinic, neurogenetics, neuroNICU, and headache clinic. Residents can also design their own electives. |
In the third year of the residency, residents assume roles with greater decision-making responsibility in the clinical setting. Residents enhance their teaching skills with greater roles in the ward, clinic and lecture setting.
| Months | Location | Service Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Riley Hospital for Children | Outpatient Clinic | Rotate through all outpatient pediatric neurology clinics and learn from each of the Child Neurology faculty members. |
| 4 | Riley Hospital for Children | Inpatient Consults | Pediatric neurology consult service. Senior the team and care for neurology patients throughout the hospital, emergency department and critical care units. |
| 2 | Your Choice | Elective | Options include pediatric movement disorder clinic, neurogenetics, neuroNICU and headache clinic. Residents can also design their own electives. |