Subinternship in Neurosurgery

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VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 2. DESCRIPTION: An advanced clerkship designed to actively engage the student in the diagnosis, operative treatment, and post-operative care of patients suffering from a wide variety of neurosurgical problems including tumors of the brain and spine, cerebrovascular abnormalities, infection, trauma, and congenital abnormalities of the central and peripheral nervous system. Subintern students assume a high level of responsibility, essentially functioning at the level of a first-year resident (intern), managing complex, acutely ill patients, scrubbing in on cases in the operating room, and functioning as an accountable team member. Among the responsibilities are: (1) primary work-ups of new patients; (2) writing orders, managing patients in conjunction with a resident or attending, and conducting appropriate intern-level procedures; (3) taking night call; (4) writing notes and dictating summaries as assigned by the supervising resident(s). This clerkship is principally directed at senior medical students who are seriously considering a neurosurgical career and applying for residency in the subsequent Fall. We encourage students who are interested in the educational clerkship and who are not applying to the residency program to take NSUR304A. PREREQUISITES: SURG 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-5 & 10-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 5 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: John Ratliff, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Shanna Selsor, 650-725-0701, [email protected]. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Meet neurosurgery residents at the L4 Conference Room at 500P; Time: 5:45 am. CALL CODE: 2 - voluntary call for emergency cases at night. OTHER FACULTY: V. Buch, S. Chang, A. Desai, R. Dodd, J. Fernandez-Miranda, O. Harris, M. Hayden-Gephart, J. Henderson, M. Lee, G. Li, M. Lim, K. Mahaney, C. Maher, J. Park, L. Prolo, J. Ratliff, L.…