About Basic Neurology

Now in its ninth year, Basic Neurology is a weekend course that aims to ready basic physician candidates for the RACP written exam. The course is taught by Dr. Prashanth Ramachandran. Though aimed specifically for BPTs, the course is open to any health care provider, in a any field, who wants to re-learn neurology or update their knowledge in neurology. Over the last nine years, Basic Neurology has taught over 2,200 doctors throughout Australia, New Zealand and Africa.

Prashanth is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Prashanth completed his neurology training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Darwin Hospital and St.Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne. He is a specialist in neuroinfectious diseases and neuroimmunology at UCSF and also works in the general neurology clinic and inpatient service at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Prashanth has been heavily involved in teaching medical students and BPTs for many years and strongly believes that neurology can be demystified. He has co-authored several book chapters in textbooks including Merritt’s Neurology, Aminoff’s Neurology and General Medicine, Clinical Neurovirology and the upcoming edition of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine.

“Neurophobia” is an affliction (Jozefowicz, 1994) that results in many doctors actively avoiding neurology. Neurology has a daunting reputation due to hundreds of rare syndromes and overly detailed neuroanatomy. Prashanth believes that most neurology is actually simple, elegant, straightforward and even pretty fun when you understand the basics.

This course will ensure a thorough understanding of basic neurology in addition to relevant and complex concepts, taught in an un-complicated manner that is easy to understand and remember for the exam and ongoing medical practice. Recent landmark studies and research in the neurological field will also be integrated into the presentations.​

A keen teacher and poor comedian, Prashanth deconstructs complex topics into easy-to-understand schemas to make neurology understandable to students of his Dark Art. His still-lingering fear from his own written exam allows him to focus on the most relevant and high yield parts of the specialty, allowing candidates to get the most out of the weekend.

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