Rtation at Miami. Here's a summary of the experience.

Hours/Workload: Very heavy workload for medical student rotators. Responsible for generating patient lists in the morning, meaning you get in around 3:45-4:15 a.m. Often wrote patient progress notes. Easily worked 100-110 hours a week. Call Q4, and you often stay on post-call days. Work most weekends, depending on how many other sub-i's there are.

Hospitals: Jackson Memorial Hospital is HUGE with something like 1500 beds. It's the public hospital and tied to the Ryder Trauma Center. The catchment area is also very large and includes South Florida, the Keys, and some of the Caribbean and Latin America. Because of this, you get exposure to a diverse array of cases. You also have the option to rotate at the University of Miami Hospital for a week, which is the private hospital, or Miami Children's Hospital, where the residents do their pediatric neurosurgery rotation. Residents also rotate at the VA, but students don't rotate there for neurosurgery.

OR: There are plenty of OR starts, easily between 6-8 at JMH a day, with great cases to see. You get to see pretty much everything - open vascular, complex tumor, functional, spine. As a medical student, you often get to suture and assist with opening/closing, more or less depending on who you are working with.

Clinic: You get a chance to work in both Heros' and Morcos' clinic weekly, which are great experiences. You also work in the resident clinic once a week and see patients.

Overall Impression: The residents seem pretty close overall and were generally easy and fun to work with. The attendings were friendly and collegial, although as other posts have suggested often very sub-specialized. Definitely not a malignant program, although Heros, the current PD, has been known for his tough love. The rotation is very busy, but a great learning experience.

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So, it's my understanding that some time after you complete neurosurgical residency you can take a multi-day test and get board certified by the ABNS. What I don't understand is what it means when I hear 3rd and 4th year residents taking "the boards" for credit. Are these components of the same board, or is this something different? I realize this probably seems super ignorant to many of you, but I've never gotten a clear answer on this and would love some clarification.

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Any thoughts?  I was going to try a program review (both for applicants and residents), and a conference/course calendar.  Any other ideas are appreciated.

Interviews:
9/15 - Univ Kentucky - (10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17)
9/16 - Indiana Univ - (11/4 - 11/5, 12/9 - 12/10)
9/19 - Georgetown (11/3, 11/17, 12/8)
9/19 - Medical College of Wisconsin (11/1, 11/21, 12/5, 12/20)
9/19, 10/3 - University of Wisconsin (10/16 - 10/17, 11/14 - 11/15, 12/7 - 12/8, 1/11 - 1/12-2nd batch only offered 11/15 and 12/8)
9/19, 10/3 - Hofstra Northwell (11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13)
9/19 - New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center (10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12,16)
9/20 - Texas A&M: Scott and White Memorial (11/14, 12/12, 1/9)
9/20 - Wayne State (10/19, 11/16, 12/7)
9/21, 9/22 - U of Maryland (11/11, 11/30, 12/8, 12/14)
9/21 - Geisinger Health System (10/28, 11/11, 12/9)
9/22 - University of Nebraska (10/21, 11/11, 12/9, 1/13)
9/22 - Penn State Hershey (Oct 21, Fri Nov 4, Fri Dec 9
9/22 - University of Florida (10/17-18, 10/27-28, 11/15-16, 12/7-8)
9/22 - University of Louisville (11/10, 11/30)
9/22 - Baylor (11/15-16, 12/6-7, 1/3-4)
9/23 - St. Louis University (10/15, 11/5, 12/10)
9/23 - LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (10/7-8, 12/9-10, 1/6-7)
9/23, 9/28 - University of Virginia (10/14-15, 11/4-5, 12/16-17)
9/26 - Iowa (10/26,November 2, 11, 16, 18, 28, and 30, December 2, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, and 21, January 13, 16, and 18)
9/26 - Ohio State (10/19-20, 11/16 - 17, 12/7-8)
9/26 - University of Mississippi (10/28, 12/3, 1/16)
9/26 - Southern Illinois University (10/13-14, 10/27-28, 11/17-18)
9/26, 9/28 - Utah (11/ 2, 12/9, 12/16)
9/26 - Northwestern (11/11, 12/9, 12/16, 1/13)
9/27 - Tulane Ochsner (11/18, 12/9, 1/20)
9/27 - UT San Antonio (10/21, 11/4, 11/11, 12/9)
9/27 - Univ of Rochester (10/29, 11/12, 12/10)
9/28 - MUSC (12/1, 12/2, 12/3)
9/28 - Missouri 11/9, 11/16, 12/7)
9/29 - Cleveland clinic (10/21, 11/11)
9/29, 10/04 - Brown (11/14, 11/21, 12/5, 12/12
9/30 - Rutgers-New Jersey (10/26, 11/16, 12/7)
10/03 - Loyola (11/19, 01/7, 01/14)
10/03 - University of Minnesota (11/4, 12/2, 01/6)
10/03 - Rush (11/3, 12/8)
10/03 - UAB (10/27, 11/21)
10/03 - GW (11/1, 11/30, 12/8)
10/03 - LSUHSC- New Orleans (11/11, 12/2. 12/9. 01/06)
10/03 - Case Western (10/22, 11/12, 12/17)
10/04 - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (11/17, 11/29, 12/5)
10/04 - Allegheny (10/31, 11/30, 12/13)
10/04 - University of Oklahoma (11/14, 12/13, 01/20)
10/04 - Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University Program (11/15-11/16, 12/6-12/7, 12/13-12/14, 1/3-1/4)
10/04 - UNC (10/26, 11/18, 12/1)
10/04 - USF (11/4 11/18 12/2 12/16)
10/04 - OHSU (11/5 12/10)
10/04 - Houston Methodist (11/18 12/2, 12/9, 01/20)
10/04 - University of Washington (12/9, 1/13)
10/05 - Allegheny (10/31, 11/30, 12/13)

Rejections:
9/16 - University of Kentucky (via ERAS)
10/02 - Virginia Commonwealth Univ (via ERAS)
10/04 - University of Nebraska Medical Center (via ERAS)
10/04 - University of Oklahoma (via ERAS)