Medical Education Program

The Department of Neurosurgery elective is designed to expose the medical student to the full and diverse spectrum of neurological surgery subspecialty care of patients. The medical student will experience the 360 degree process of assessing patients in an outpatient neurosurgery clinic, learning how to conduct a neurological exam, review radiographic and laboratory studies, and participate in the differential diagnostic work-up and surgical intervention planning.  

The medical student will round with neurosurgery teaching faculty, residents, fellows and APP providers on inpatient wards, assist in emergency department consultations, and provide pre-, peri- and post-operative patient care.

Additional emphasis will be placed on participation in neurosurgical didactic educational conferences, with presentations assigned by senior resident conference organizers. Ongoing research opportunities are readily available to our medical students whether they have completed a neurosurgery elective or are preparing to do so.