| Are you considering a career path in medicine? Have | | | | resonance angiography) |
| you considered a more specialized branch of medicine | | | | - EEG (electroencephology) |
| that the demand for practicing physicians would truly | | | | Looking at that complicated list of examination |
| ensure job security? Well, maybe you should look | | | | methods really drives home the fact that Neurology |
| into a neurology job. Neurology pertains to afflictions | | | | is considered to be one of the more intricate |
| regarding the nervous system. A Neurologist is | | | | branches of medicine, does it not? If you are serious |
| trained to diagnose and recommend treatment for | | | | about attaining this level of specialized medical |
| disorders of the nervous system such as diseases of | | | | education you must first commit time and dedication |
| the spinal cord, muscles, nerves, and the brain. There | | | | to acquiring the necessary credentials. The first step |
| are three primary forms of Neurology, Clinical | | | | would be to locate an accredited college or university |
| Neurophysiology, Child Neurology, and Pain Medicince. | | | | and complete four years of premedical education. |
| Clinical Neurophysiology is the practice of diagnosing | | | | After that you would want to acquire your MD or |
| and treating Neurological afflictions pertaining to the | | | | DO ( doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy |
| Autonomic, Central, and peripheral nervous systems. | | | | degree) by completing four years of medical school |
| A Child Neurologist is someone that has been trained | | | | training. The next step on this path would be to do a |
| to diagnosis and prescribe treatment for children | | | | one year internship in either surgery or internal |
| suffering from Neurological disorders. | | | | medicine. An additional three years will be required to |
| Someone that specializes in Pain Medicine is trained to | | | | receive specialty training in a Neurological residency |
| act as either a consultant or the primary physician | | | | program. |
| and provide high level care in an ambulatory or | | | | Why should you go through all that to acquire a |
| hospital setting when a patient suffers from chronic, | | | | Neurology job? The rate of pay for a Neurologist can |
| acute, or cancer related pain. An exam conducted by | | | | range from $150,000 to $350,000 dollars a year |
| a Neurologist may include tests of coordination, | | | | depending on the size of your company and your |
| sensations, balance, muscle and strength, speech, | | | | experience and credentials. Another reason to |
| memory, language, reflexes, and various other | | | | consider Neurology as your career path is to consider |
| cognitive tests. Other tests Neurologists are qualified | | | | it a chance to make money and help people. The |
| to conduct include: | | | | demand for Neurologists is predicted to increase |
| - Lumbar Puncture (spinal tap) | | | | dramatically over the next decade. Such a specialized |
| - EMG/NCV (electromyography/nerve conduction | | | | branch of medicine will always have a high demand as |
| velocity) | | | | the population continues to grow. This kind of |
| - CAT Scan (computed axial tomography scan) | | | | steadily increasing demand means more job security |
| - MRI/MRA (magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic | | | | for those in the field of Neurology. |