During the second and third years of neurology training, residents rotate on the neurology consultation services at the University and Portland VA Medical Center hospitals and select a variety of elective rotations. The neurology consultation services provide consultation to the University and VA emergency rooms and to the inpatient medical and surgical services at both hospitals. Neurology residents round daily with the consult attending and supervise the consult team, which may include medical students, medical residents, and psychiatry residents. The neurology resident on the consult service may also supervise the first year neurology resident on the inpatient neurology ward. Consult rotations are 1-2 months in length, and a total of 3-4 months per year is spent on consult services during the second and third years. In addition, third year residents spend one month as a senior resident on the neurocritical care service.

Residents in their second and third years spend the remaining months on elective rotations, generally scheduled as 1-2 month blocks (see Elective Rotations).

Second and third year neurology residents continue to attend a minimum of one half-day neurology clinic per week at the University hospital and one half-day neurology clinic per week at the VAMC. Many of the patients are followed longitudinally throughout the 3 years of residency. Additional subspecialty outpatient clinic experiences are included during elective blocks.