Neurology & Developmental Neuroscience Residency Rotations and Pathways

Our curriculum is divided into 13 rotation blocks (4 weeks each) per academic year with a combination of outpatient, inpatient and subspecialty rotations. We offer selective or elective rotations in each year.

Our curriculum is designed to challenge our residents with a graded increase in the level of supervisory activities. These supervisory experiences occur in outpatient and inpatient rotations.

Each resident chooses an Individualized Curriculum track.  

Curriculum by Year

Comparative examples of rotations for each PGY year for the various tracks in Child Neurology (Foundational, Dual Board, and Basic Neuroscience) can be found below with the number of blocks indicated in parentheses. The individual schedule may vary slightly from what is described here. The PGY-1 (intern year) is the same for all tracks. Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Training Pathways include a Foundational and Dual Board Pathway. Training in Dual Board Neurodevelopmental Disabilities is described after the comparative table.

PGY-1 (Intern Year in Pediatrics followed by residents in all tracks):  

• General Outpatient Pediatrics – clinics in Harris Health System (1 block)
• Pediatric Hospital Medicine – general inpatient at Texas Children's Hospital (2 blocks)
• TCH Pediatric Emergency Center  (1 block)
• Subspecialty Pediatrics – inpatient, outpatient, and consults at TCH (3 blocks)
  • Nephrology, Pulmonary, Neurology, and Endocrinology
• Selective in Outpatient Subspecialty Pediatrics – TCH (and HHS)(1 block) 
  • Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Genetics, and Infectious Disease, plus a variety of subspecialties within the Harris Health system
• Developmental Pediatrics – outpatient at Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics (1 block)
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – Ben Taub Hospital (1 block)
• Newborn  – Ben Taub Hospital or TCH (1 block)
• Transitional Intensive Care Unit – PICU for technology-dependent patients at TCH (1 block)
• Pedi Cares 101 – introductory course with elements of teaching and communication skills, as well as the effects of chronic illness, the in-home environment and the cultural background, and economic issues of health care (1 block) 

After Completing Two Years of General Pediatrics

CNY-1

CNY-2

 CNY-3

CNY-4

*The last two years of the NDD curriculum are customizable to one’s personal interests and career trajectories.