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8. Back in the Bronx - Neuropsychology, the Brain-Mind Connection
The scene shifts back to the Bronx, New York, USA. It is 1 July and Doctor Stan as of 30 June has completed 2 years in neurology training residence at the Montefiore Hospital in north central Bronx, New York. The medical training in the 1940s is 4 years medical school; then one-year internship in which the new physician lives in hospital and rotates through medical wards of the different medical and surgical specialties to get a general experience. Afterwards, many doctors open an office but a few, like Dr Stan, go on to 2- or 3-year hospital residency in a specialty. Stan's interest is research into the Brain-Mind connection. He wants a hands-on experience with neurology and psychiatry. So he is starting a research fellowship at the hospital. He combines his Ph.D. research with clinical work - assisting at brain surgery, taking care of bed patients and attending to patients who come to the neurology and psychiatry clinics. The fellowship gives him a small salary and living quarters & food in hospital. Next a look in on him. To read it now, click 13.9 Neurology Rounds
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