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The inpatient neurology ward team at the West Haven VAMC consists of one senior (PGY-4) neurology resident, one or two junior (PGY-2 or PGY-3) neurology residents, one rotating psychiatry (PGY-1) resident, and medical students. Junior residents care for neurology patients on the neurology ward, and in the ICUs, and are responsible for all aspects of patient care under the guidance of the senior ward resident (PGY-4). Junior residents are also involved in evaluating consults on the medicine and surgical inpatient services and in the emergency department, under the supervision of the senior neurology resident and attending. The VAMC has shifted its emphasis from inpatient to outpatient care. The result is that this rotation has a large number of clinics, typically an average of 4 per week, including epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, movement disorders and neuromuscular clinics. As with all rotations, residents continue to attend their VAMC continuity clinics. Supervision is by a PGY-4 resident and attending physician. Neurology residents are also responsible for supervising and educating the medical students rotating on the neurology service.

The daily schedule for the VA Ward service is as follows: