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Job Description: Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and disorders of the nervous system.
Life As a Neurologist: What Do They Do?
- Participate in continuing education activities to maintain and expand competence.
- Provide training to medical students or staff members.
- Supervise medical technicians in the performance of neurological diagnostic or therapeutic activities.
- Determine brain death using accepted tests and procedures.
- Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients’ blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
- Coordinate neurological services with other health care team activities.
Important Skills for Neurologists:
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Becoming a Neurologist
Are there Neurologists education requirements?