Neurological Surgery Residency
Training Program
Mission, Goal, General Organization
Rotation, Objectives, Curriculum
General Information
Policies
Conferences
Courses and Meetings
Application Procedure
Current Residents
Neurosurgery Educational Conferences
The educational program for residents occurs every
Friday. On Friday, the operating room and clinics perform only emergency
surgery and evaluations. Residents are expected to attend conferences and to
be prepared and fully participate.
Neuropathology
Will meet in the neuropathology microscope room. Cases will be reviewed by
the attending neuropathologist. When there is a neurosurgery resident on the
neuropathology service, the neurosurgery resident will lead the review of
cases under the guidance of the neuropathologist.
Journal Club
Will meet in the 3rd floor amphitheater. Articles for discussion will be
assigned. Individual residents will be responsible for presenting and
leading discussion of their assigned articles. The responsible faculty is
Dr. Shaver
Department Meeting
Previously known as the "faculty meeting". 1st Friday will meet in the 3rd
floor amphitheater and will be faculty and residents. 2nd Friday will meet
in the 3rd floor amphitheater and will be faculty and support staff (office,
PA's, etc.). 3rd and 4th Friday will be in the department offices and will
be faculty only. The responsible faculty is Dr. Lee.
Grand Rounds
Lectures will be given by residents, attendings, 4th year medical students
rotating on service, other MCG faculty, and outside speakers. Each
neurosurgery resident and each neurosurgery faculty will be responsible for
one lecture per year. The responsible faculty is Dr. Vender.
Neurosurgery Conference
Will meet in the 3rd floor amphitheater. The format will be case
presentations by a neurosurgery resident followed by review of the pertinent
studies (presented by resident, but with input from neuroradiologist). Cases
will be from MCG, VA, and CMC. Cases will be chosen by involved residents to
stimulate discussion and debate. They can either be pre-op or post-op (or
no-op). Starting in September, the conference will include all the community
neurosurgeons. There will be 2 conferences at MCG and 1 conference at
University. Again, a 4th conference will be for M&M. The responsible faculty
is Dr. Smith.
Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Will meet in the 3rd floor amphitheater. The conference will be the 2nd
Friday of the month. Cases presented will be from the previous month. The
responsible faculty is Dr. Vender.
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Residents: Residents are required to attend all scheduled conferences. A resident is excused from conference attendance if off-campus, or is dealing with an emergency medical situation. Residents are not excused from conference to assist in surgery or see clinic patients. Any of these activities on a Friday are the responsibility of the attending surgeon. It is my hope that attendings will not schedule clinical activities that are of educational value to the residents during the conference schedule.
- Faculty: Faculty are required to attend 36 hours of conference per quarter (average 12 hours per month, 3 hours per conference day). Since the new conference schedule starts in August, all faculty will receive 12 hours credit for July to calculate for the 1st quarter conference attendance. In addition, faculty will receive 4 hours credit for canceled conference days (right now, the Friday after Thanksgiving and the Friday of Master week). Eligible conferences for the attendance requirement are Chief Rounds, Neuropathology Conference, Journal Club, Grand Rounds, Neurosurgery Conference, and M&M Conference. Attendance statistics will be maintained by the Residency Program Coordinator. These statistics will be publicly reviewed in the Department Meeting.
- M&M Conference: This is a mandatory attendance conference for all residents and all faculty. The only exceptions are if an individual is off-campus or if an individual is taking care of a true patient emergency.