What are a list of tier 2 programs? We always talk about Tier 1, and the discussions are often not fruitful. What are a list of solid programs that for one reason or another are not the cream of the crop?

Many things are 'not covered' in same-specialty disability insurance, for example flying planes or SCUBA diving. My question is this - is it possible to get those dangerous hobbies covered, just at a much higher monthly insurance price? Or is there literally no available coverage even if you're willing to pay more to cover those hobbies? If it's possible, what kind of monthly increase are we talking about?

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Coming to the end of my stretch of SubIs and doing the typical shit you are supposed to do, but I’m tired of sitting through 10+ hour surgeries in silence and not even being acknowledged even during the start when I say hello and am just fully ignored (I can read a room and no people were not busy, we were waiting for anesthesia to finish placing IVs and shit like this happens on the regular). I know that it’s a buyers market and I’m just a lowly subI, but holy fuck I have some value as an applicant and I’m not even gonna rank these places with attendings that pretend you don’t exist; I’m very much of the philosophy that people’s true personalities are revealed in interactions with people beneath them and I will not be around people like that for 7 years. I don’t think they even view these patients as human; under no circumstances would I want to be operated on at some of these places. If you are at a program where y’all treat your SubIs like shit or as ghosts then please let me know; I don’t expect a red carpet but at least basic decency. End of rant, just not sure why this shit is the way it is. I know some people think if you can’t handle behavior like this then you shouldn’t be in neurosurgery, but at the same time I don’t forget shit like this and it will stick with me when I think of attendings and residents from places like that regardless of their operative skill.

What are the crucial clerkships for neurosurgery match? Neuro is not core in my med school. Would it be a wise idea to do neuro as elective?

My abstract got accepted as a digital poster, I have no idea what this means. Do I have to prepare a presentation or is this literally just out on display and I'm done with my part? I'm also curious as to whether I have to attend (I'd love to obviously but I'll be on the last week of my gen surg rotation as an MS3).

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Is this the right direction for neurosurgery? What about unsuspecting patients who don’t know they’re being treated by a diversity hire? This approach is spreading throughout society like a virus.

Although neurotrauma/neurocriticalcare is a substantial part of most neurosurgery practices, it is a fairly new sub-specialization. What are the best fellowships available across the country?

Wondering if anyone would recommend doing neurosurgery over IR to pursue endovascular/vascular neurosurgery in the future? Obviously you can only be dual trained as a neurosurgeon which is appealing but it seems like the NIR guys have a foothold in the field as well. 

I’m currently a MS3 at a top 5 med school, 260+ with 5 first author basic science papers in cerebrovascular. Both my home programs in IR and neurosurgery seem supportive of me pursuing their specialty but I don’t see one being better than the other besides IR being a shorter/easier residency but may be harder to get into.

I’m a resident at an east coast program. I think attendings and programs have many ideas on what they think applicants are looking for in a program, but some of these ideas may be outdated. Why not ask you. What is the 2022 Neurosurgery applicant looking for in a program?