The objective of combined residency training in internal medicine and neurology includes the preparation of internists and neurologists for careers in clinical practice or on academic faculties as specialists in the broad spectrum of adult illness shared by internal medicine and neurology. These include, but are not limited to, geriatric neurology, congenital and hereditary diseases of the nervous system, stroke, myasthenia gravis, seizure disorders, mental retardation and rehabilitation. Graduates of combined training may be expected to be involved with clinical practice, teaching, research or administration in internal medicine and neurology.
