CVTSPA Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 What's a typical day in neurology like? I'm interested in learning more about the specialty. Is it usually an outpatient focused practice with typical office hours? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb5158 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I think it depends on the job. You can do inpatient or outpatient, or a mix of both. I have scheduled patients that I see every day in the clinic. Typical office hours. I don't have any call and don't work holidays. I don't think neurology is that much different than any other specialty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVTSPA Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 I think it depends on the job. You can do inpatient or outpatient, or a mix of both. I have scheduled patients that I see every day in the clinic. Typical office hours. I don't have any call and don't work holidays. I don't think neurology is that much different than any other specialty. What kind of patients do you see the most of in the office? How long do you spend with each patient usually? Do you usually see less patients per day than internal med from what you know? -Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beattie228 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I worked outpatient neuro before changing to Urgent Care. My template was 20 min recheck, 60 min new patients. The types of patients you see will really depend on the types of cases you're supervising physician is most interested in, especially if they're fellowship trained in something particular. Most of my bread and butter cases were: migraines, seizure, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, neuropathy and post-hospital stroke. I didn't take call or do inpatient neuro. Typical day for me was 12-18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb5158 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Agree with beattie228. My SP specializes in epilepsy, so that's about 50% of my patients. I also took a personal interest in migraines so that makes up a big portion of the rest. We have 60 minutes for consults and 30 minutes for follow-ups, so around 14 patients per day for me. They typically don't take the entire time, so I have time to chart, although we do have some complicated patients that take much longer. From what I've heard about IM that's quite a bit longer per patient that you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb5158 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I also know some neurology clinics may have the opportunity to do occipital nerve blocks or Botox. In ours, two neurologists do those to build up their own RVUs, but I've seen PAs in other neurology clinics do procedures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beattie228 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I also know some neurology clinics may have the opportunity to do occipital nerve blocks or Botox. In ours, two neurologists do those to build up their own RVUs, but I've seen PAs in other neurology clinics do procedures. That's a good point. I did occipital nerve blocks when I worked neurology. In order for the physician I worked with to train me on Botox, he wanted a 'do not compete' signed. I refused and thus never learned that skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVTSPA Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Did it seem like neurologists were doing a procedure like Botox or occipital nerve blocks on a regular basis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azneurologyassociates Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Treating people who are suffering from migraine, sometimes they get irritated and loose their control as they cant resist for the treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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