TRAINING CAMP RECAPS

2019 Training Camps

191 Student Hosted At Our 2 Sites

Schedule of Events

Weill Cornell Medicine

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2019 Weill Cornell Medicine Itinerary
8:00-10:00
Breakfast & Coffee
Welcome Address
“What you need to know for your Neurological Surgery Sub-internship”

10:00-11:30
Positioning, Knot Tying, Multitasking Workshops

11:30-12:30
Catered Lunch
Resident Panel

12:30-2:00
Skull-based Anatomy Session in the Surgical Innovations Laboratory

2:00-3:30
OR Essentials Training Course

USC Keck SoM

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2019 USC Keck School of Medicine Itinerary
​7:30AM
Check-in and breakfast

8:00AM – 12:00 PM
Morning Lectures:

History of Neurosurgery
Overview of Neurosurgery Subspecialty and Match/Job process
Advice for the Application Process
How to ace your sub-internship
How to choose the Neurosurgery program that is right for you
Research/Academics in Neurosurgery
Approaches to maintaining well-being and avoiding burnout during neurosurgery residency
Women in Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery: Life and Career Paths after Residency

10:15-10:30 
Coffee Break

Overview of Functional Neurosurgery
Overview of Spine Neurosurgery
Overview of Vascular Neurosurgery
Overview of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Overview of Skull Base Neurosurgery

11:45-12:15 
Resident and newly matched students panel

12:15pm-1pm
Catered Lunch 

1pm-3pm
Afternoon Workshops: 

Cadaver Stations 
Skull Base Neuroanatomy
Endoscopy Station

No Cadaver
Suturing station
Neuro-navigation
Endoscopy simulation
Patient positioning and fixation 
EVD basics

2018 training Camp

83 medical students from 32 different schools

Course survey results published in World Neurosurgery

Schedule of Events

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8:00
Student Welcome

8:15
Passion: Is neurosurgery for me?

8:30
Neurosurgical Mentorship

8:45
Diversity: The changing face of neurosurgery

9:00
Discovery: Why science and neurosurgery must  co-exist

Coffee Break

9:30
What do we look for in a Sub-Intern?

10:00
The Focused Neurological Exam

10:30
Neurosurgical Trauma

11:00
Neuro-Oncology

11:30
Resident Panel

11:30
Lunch with Residents

​12:00 - 3:00
Rotating Lab Sessions
Simulated OR: Brain Lab, Scrubbing, Sterile Fields, Setup
Instruments
Burr Holes
Craniotomies
Endoscopy/Minimally Invasive Tools
Ventriculostomy
Bed Side Drain Pulls
Sewing
​Principles of Opening/Closing
Approaches and Positioning

Training Camps are made possible by multiple sponsors and academic partners. Thank You!