Department of Neurology

Neurology 675

Legacy Salmon Creek
Vancouver, WA

Legacy Medical Group – Neurology
2121 NE 139th St, Ste 205
Vancouver, WA 98686
Site Director: Gurjeet Singh, MD
Ph 360-487-4720
Fax 360-487-4709
GUSINGH@LHS.ORGhttps://legacyhealth.org/locations/clinics/specialty-clinics/legacy-medical-group-neurology.aspx

Clinic Manager:  Karisa Saban
KRSABAN@LHS.ORG
Legacy Medical Group Neurology and Neurosurgery
Phone:  503-413-4808

Pre-arrival Requirements

The following information should be sent to Janet Mitchell 30 days before the start of your clerkship. 

  • Rotation intake form 
    • For “site” use Salmon Creek
    • For “coordinator” use Eric Kraus, ekraus@uw.edu, 206-598-0216
    • Page 2 of this form does not need to be filled out by the student or clerkship director.  Obtaining the drug screen and sending the LOGS will answer all of the questions.
  • Drug screen:  Standard panel drug test through the UWSOM is required at least once during your clinical training
  • Letter of Good Standing (LOGS):  Required for this site.  Please go to your E*Value profile and download the LOGS to send.  Instructions if needed.

Janet Mitchell
Medical Education Coordinator
Graduate Medical Education
Legacy Health
P: 503-413-2737
F. 503.413.2980
jcmitche@lhs.org
Work hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30am-4:00pm

Travel & Housing

Housing:  Students to set up AirBnB.  For required clerkships Airbnb is covered up to $80 per night. Please contact Scott Bailey for specifics.

Transportation:  You will need a car.  You will receive mileage reimbursement for one roundtrip to and from Vancouver. Contact Scott Bailey sgbailey@uw.edu for mileage reimbursement or to make other travel arrangements.

First Day & Orientation

Clerkship orientation: You will need to view the away student orientation video on the Distance Learning page. Please let the clerkship coordinator know if you have questions or any difficulties viewing the video.

Equipment to bring:White coat and name tag, reflex hammer, tuning fork (128Hz), stethoscope, (ophthalmoscope recommended).

First day:  Please report to the clinic at 7:45AM.

Course Requirements

Course requirements are listed below. Refer to the Distance Learning page for due dates.

Pocket syllabus: A “pocket syllabus” is available at your site. A printable (PDF) version is also available on the Pocket Syllabus page.

Cases: Two case write-ups are due each week. Further information is available in the orientation video and on the Cases page. Your assigned case numbers are on the Distance Learning page. Please note that your assigned case numbers are different than for the Seattle-based students. Weekly case answers and video lectures will be available on the Distance Learning page on Thursdays after 1PM.

Patient log: You are required to log in the patients you have seen each week. The log is described in the clerkship orientation video. Additional details are on the Patient Log page.

Clinical & Bioethical CEX exercises: You are required to do both a clinical and a bioethical mini-CEX for this course. See the Mini-CEX page for details.

Presentations: Presentation requirements are described in the orientation video and are available on the Presentations page.

Final exam: Your final exam will be held in Seattle.  You may have the final Wednesday of the clerkship off to move out, travel back to Seattle and study.  The scheduling/notification process runs through UW Testing Services and the contact email is somtests@uw.edu. See the Final Exam page for information about the exam.

About The Site

Students are expected to spend five days per week with the