Fellowship Certificate Course in Office Practice Neurology & Emergency Neurology
Course Director:
Dr. N. Balamurugan
MD., D.M (Neuro) NIMHANS, FICP., FRCP.,FACP.,
Sr. Consultant, Neurologist & Director,
SIMS Chellum Hospital, Salem
Course Faculty:
- Dr N Balamurugan MD DM FRCP, Salem
- Dr R Laxhmi Narasimhan MD DM FRCP, Chennai
- Dr S Meenakshi Sundaram MD DM FRCP, Madurai
- Dr Guhan Ramamoorthy MD DM, FEBN, FSM, FNR, Tiruchendur
- Dr R Rengaraj MD DM, Hosur
- Dr T Ananda chockalingam MS, DLO, Ramanathapuram
Vision:
One should be able to approach and manage neurological cases with confidence
Mission:
Structured continuous education converting a novice to competent to expert.
- Case based discussions
- Clinical Videos for easy learning
- Algorithms for easy practice
- Online consultations for your day to day cases thro whats app by experts for 10 months
- Neurology made easy : PPT slides of the classes for review
- Managing caregivers : Scientific pamphlets preparation
Who Should Attend?
- Freshers planning to start practice in rural area
- General practitioners finding difficulty in neurological cases
- Family medicine physicians seeking updates in neurology office practice
- Emergency physicians to get algorithmic approach to neurological emergencies
- Young Physicians to update essentials of neurological practice.
- If you have passion in new learning (Prevents dementia!).
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Course format and duration : 6 months
- Weekly Online Classes
- 4×5= 20 Classes (Wednesday/Thursday 8PM to 9PM).
- Practical Exam in Jan 2026.
- Convocation in Jan 2026 during the State TIMA Conference.
Curriculum:
Module 1
Module Release Date: To be announced
Bedside examination
Applied neuro anatomy
Feast : Fast Essential and Specific Testing at bed side
Approach to facial palsy
Module 2
Module Release Date: To be announced
Headaches
Approach to Acute headache in Emergency room
How to approach Chronic headaches
Head injury: Do's and Don'ts
Module 3
Module Release Date: To be announced
Vertigo and dizziness
Approach to diplopia, Approach to vertigo
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo : The canalith repositioning maneuvers
Module 4
Module Release Date: To be announced
Coma
Approach to coma in emergency room
Approach to Movement disorders and Movement disorder emergencies
Module 5
Module Release Date: To be announced
Spinal cord and peripheral nerves
Approach to Myelopathy
Approach to acute flaccid weakness and Peripheral neuropathies
Nerve conduction studies basics
Module 6
Module Release Date: To be announced
Epilepsy
Epilepsy: Semiology with videos
Nystagmus: How to describe
Febrile fits and Management algorithm for status epilepsy and refractory SE
EEG Basics
Module 7
Module Release Date: To be announced
Stroke
Stroke : Four modules for acute stroke management and thrombolysis
Stroke mimics and chameleons
Module 8
Module Release Date: To be announced
Neuro infections
Neuro infections, Systemic infections with encephalopathy
Algorithmic approach in management of neuro infections
Module 9
Module Release Date: To be announced
Neuro imaging
CT scan reading and reporting : A comprehensive approach
MRI : Basics
Module 10
Module Release Date: To be announced
Miscellaneous
Tropical neurology
Newer neurological diseases
Onboarding in Progress