Course Catalog

 
96-413 NEUROSURGERY MS3 ELECTIVE
Department NEUROSURGERY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Third Year Elective Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director MARSHALL HOLLAND, MD Enrollment Limit 4
Contact MARSHALL HOLLAND, MD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email mtholland@uabmc.edu Address LHFOT 1038
Phone 205-934-2654 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites MUST BE A THIRD YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The student serves as a clinical clerk on the Neurosurgical Service under the direct supervision of a member of the attending staff and a neurosurgical resident. The student is assigned responsibility for selected new patients for initial neurological work-up and for daily evaluation and progress notes. The student is expected to attend the daily conferences and organized teaching sessions. The student may assist in the operating room or view neurosurgical procedures as the circumstances indicate. The objective is to allow the student to familiarize him/herself with the more common neurological and neurosurgical disorders and to gain competence in the performance of an adequate neurological examination. The student also is familiarized with the usual neurosurgical investigative methods, indications, and limitations of the various studies. The broad clinical experience that is available is well distributed in the fields of nervous system trauma, neoplasms, vascular disease, and congenital disorders and hydrocephalus.
Where To Report NICU Conference Room, 8th Floor, North Pavilion, UAB Hospital
Requirements Attend rounds, conferences, outpatient clinics as assigned, and give a short presentation on a Neurosurgical topic. Night call is optional, but strongly recommended once a week for those students who are planning to pursue a career in Neurosurgery.
Evaluation Pass/Fail based on:
Attendance
Participation
Clinical presentation
Notes