Introduction

Welcome back to the Clerkship Success Series, part of the Neurology Exam Prep Podcast. Today we'll be talking about weakness and learning objectives for this episode. Dr. Jeff Dewey is a specialist in neuromuscular disorders at Yale. We want to understand the anatomy of movement or voluntary movement specifically,. Then we'll discuss the examination of a patient with weakness, including looking for upper and lower motor neuron signs. And lastly, we want to understand some of the common central and peripheral etiologies of weakness.