NSUR304A

VISITING: Closed to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. 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. 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). PREREQUISITES: None. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 5 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: John Ratliff, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Shanna Selsor, 650-725-0701, selsor@stanford.edu. 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. Shuer, H. Singh, S. Skirboll, G. Steinberg, S. Tharin, A. Veeravagu, T. Wilson, C. Zygourakis. LOCATION: SHC, LPCH.