description
Diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus.
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details
Currently Employed:
2,040
Projected Annual Job Openings:
60
Typical Hourly Wage:
Not Available
Typical Annual Salary:
Not Available
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
Doctoral or professional degree
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
Internship/residency
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typical job duties
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Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
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Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
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Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
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Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
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Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
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Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
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Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke.
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Inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks and costs of various treatment plans.
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Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.
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Prepare, maintain, or review records that include patients' histories, neurological examination findings, treatment plans, or outcomes.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Electroencephalograph EEGs
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Neurological diagnostic sets
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Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
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Reflex hammers or mallets
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Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
Technology:
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Electronic mail software
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Medical software
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Office suite software
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Presentation software
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Spreadsheet software
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