Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 4 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Neurol.1.026
Integrating Neurology and Psychiatry throughout Educational Curricula for Healthcare Professionals
Brinda Desai Bradaric1,4, Alana Kirby2,4, T. Celeste Napier3,4,*
- 1Department of Health Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- 2Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- 3Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- 4Center for Compulsive Behavior and Addiction, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Corresponding Author
T. Celeste Napier, Celeste_Napier@rush.edu
Received Date: November 12, 2020
Accepted Date: December 14, 2020
Bradaric BD, Kirby A, Napier TC. Integrating Neurology and Psychiatry throughout Educational Curricula for Healthcare Professionals. J Exp Neurol. 2020;1(4): 168-172.
Copyright: © 2020 Bradaric BD, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Impulse control disorder, Neurology education, Psychiatry education, Interdisciplinary communication, Medical curriculum
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