subject: A Short Talk About Neurologist Singapore [print this page] A Neurologist Singapore is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to treat patients suffering from neurological disorders in Singapore. Neurology is the medical specialty that has a close relation with the nervous system of human beings. The nervous system is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. There are some related fields of medicine that are distinct from neurology, including psychiatry, neurosurgery and their subspecialties.
Some neurologists do a good job in certain parts of the nervous system or in specific procedures. The basic task of the neurologist singapore is to take care of patients suffering from neurological disease. In some cases, the neurologist is the one who mainly provides specialist care. In most cases, the neurologist offers the care together with other physicians and surgeons.
In general, the neurologist singapore examine patients who are introduced to them by other physicians in the both inpatient and outpatient places. After taking a comprehensive medical history of the patient, the neurologist starts to embark on a physical examination on the patient mainly about evaluating the nervous system. The neurological examination is made up of several items, including assessment of the patient's cognitive function, cranial nerves, motor strength, sensation, reflexes, coordination, and gait.
In some cases, the neurologist singapore may collaborate with neurosurgeons. Sometimes, he or she may cooperate with doctors that specialize in other areas in a case in which a patient's diagnosis or treatment needs the teamwork of doctors that have different medical specialties such as rehabilitation medicine, infectious disease, geriatric medicine, and so on. In addition, he or she may have a conversation with the patient's former physician when the patient is a child.
To become a neurologist singapore, you have to go through the following stages. To begin with, you must first attend medical school. It is usually required that you have good grades in high school and university. If wanting to pursue a Doctor of Medicine degree or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, you are also required to take the Medical College Admission Test. And then, you are required to have classes in Medical school or college such as anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and so on. In the end, Medical school offers you a general medical education and grants you a Doctor of Medicine , Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery when you complete the study successfully.
