Neurosurgery Training Camp for Sub-Internship Preparation

Historically, medical student education in neurological surgery has generally limited student involvement to assisting in research projects with minimal formal clinical exposure before starting sub-internships and application for the neurosurgery match. Consequently, students have generally had little opportunity to acquire exposure to clinical neurosurgery and attain minimal proficiency. A medical student training 

camp was created to improve the preparation of medical students for the involvement in neurological surgery activities and sub-internships.
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​Methods: A 1-day course was held at Weill Cornell Medicine, which consisted of a series of morning lectures, an interactive resident lunch panel, and afternoon hands-on laboratory sessions. Students completed self-assessment questionnaires regarding their confidence in several areas of clinical neurosurgery before the start of the course and again at its end.

Investigators
Susan C. Pannullo, MD; Jeffrey P. Greenfield, MD, PhD; Ryan E. Radwanski; Iyan Younus; Graham Winston

Project Start: September 1, 2017
Project End: August 31, 2018

Associated Institutions
Brain and Spine Group, Inc.
Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery

Project Funding: Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery

Final Report
Radwanski, R. E., Winston, G., Younus, I., ElJalby, M., Yuan, M., Oh, Y., Gucer, S. B., Hoffman, C. E., Stieg, P. E., Greenfield, J. P., & Pannullo, S. C. (2019). Neurosurgery Training Camp for Sub-Internship Preparation: Lessons From the Inaugural Course. World neurosurgery, 127, e707–e716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.03.246