Surgery

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide advanced experience to the student in the management of neurosurgical problems. The student is assigned to the neurosurgical service at KUMC for four weeks. Students will participate with the surgical team in daily rounds, diagnosis, outpatient experience, operative experience, and post-operative management of neurosurgical patients. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of neurologic disease with special emphasis on physical exam and diagnosis, management of basic neurosurgical emergencies, and management of common neurosurgical problems. Accommodates three students. Prerequisite: SURG 900 and MED 900.