Neurology Study Plan
Study Plan
I initially thought that neurologists would be able to be delve into cognitive issues of neuroscience which I find interesting, but on seeing the specialty, I have come to realize a lot of neurology work is interesting stuff and more about muscles, nerves and neurons rather than thought processes.
This is very true, The primary areas of research are movement disorders and demyelinating disease. Stroke has been somewhat neglected considering its prevalence (and morbidity/mortality) but that has changed in the last few years. Neurocognitive conditions are not a primary area of interest for most neurologists, although there are of course exceptions. Indeed. And this was one of my main reasons for switching specialities- I felt the really interesting questions were to be found there. and I find it awash with a different culture of thinking which I am not used to. Well, psychiatry is actually a very broad discipline- you don't have to be, say, an unreconstructed Freudian, in fact very few people are nowadays.
However I would say that the kind of reductionist/determinist certainties that have been aired in this thread so far are worse than useless when it comes to trying to understand what makes people tick and how one might help them. where neurology and psychiatry meet, i.e. neuropsychiatry or cognitive neurology (behavioral neurology ), depending which side of the fence you're on. and it will be interesting to see which specialty will muster the courage to stake claim to that territory. I think it will have to be a combination of both. Certainly that is the state of play at present.
Between the two, I probably will end up on the side of neurology for more mundane reasons (neurology is much less culture-sensitive when practicing internationally, neurology more likely to bring home the knowledge. Studying Neurology from China will enhance my knowledge and I see a bright future.
I initially thought that neurologists would be able to be delve into cognitive issues of neuroscience which I find interesting, but on seeing the specialty, I have come to realize a lot of neurology work is interesting stuff and more about muscles, nerves and neurons rather than thought processes.
This is very true, The primary areas of research are movement disorders and demyelinating disease. Stroke has been somewhat neglected considering its prevalence (and morbidity/mortality) but that has changed in the last few years. Neurocognitive conditions are not a primary area of interest for most neurologists, although there are of course exceptions. Indeed. And this was one of my main reasons for switching specialities- I felt the really interesting questions were to be found there. and I find it awash with a different culture of thinking which I am not used to. Well, psychiatry is actually a very broad discipline- you don't have to be, say, an unreconstructed Freudian, in fact very few people are nowadays.
However I would say that the kind of reductionist/determinist certainties that have been aired in this thread so far are worse than useless when it comes to trying to understand what makes people tick and how one might help them. where neurology and psychiatry meet, i.e. neuropsychiatry or cognitive neurology (behavioral neurology ), depending which side of the fence you're on. and it will be interesting to see which specialty will muster the courage to stake claim to that territory. I think it will have to be a combination of both. Certainly that is the state of play at present.
Between the two, I probably will end up on the side of neurology for more mundane reasons (neurology is much less culture-sensitive when practicing internationally, neurology more likely to bring home the knowledge. Studying Neurology from China will enhance my knowledge and I see a bright future.