Hey everyone! Super excited to present the first version of the "Dura Deck" which is a comprehensive Anki deck for medical students and residents in neurosurgery.

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Link to download the Dura Deck:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y2pTpJN...sp=sharing

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Contents + Credits –
 
ABNS Anatomy Cards: TJ Florence (@brainbro)
 
Rhoton Top 100: NREF
 
TR Neurosurgery Board Review App: Nathan Todnem/Vamsi Reddy
 
Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: CNS free book online at academic.oup.com/ons/pages/med_students_suppl
 
Neuroradiology for Medical Students: iBook https://books.apple.com/us/book/2014-neuroradiology-for-medical-students/id916960603
 
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 and USMLE Step 2
 
Neurosurgery Rounds Q&A Book
 
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Link for more instructions:
 
https://www.uncleharvey.com/introducing-...education/
 
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Thank you!!
 
For corrections please email a screenshot and correction to DuraDeckNeurosurgery@gmail.com

For the nsgy residents/attendings out there? Do you have any hobbies?

As a med student, I love the high acuity (or high stakes) parts of nsgy (vascular/tumor). However, I also value having a life outside of the hospital. I haven’t seen a thread on this yet so I thought I would bring it up. Is it possible to balance dedication to cerebrovascular neurosurgery and non-neurosurgery interests?

To all interested applicants,

Thomas Jefferson Neurosurgery program will be holding a virtual question and answer session on Thursday October 22nd at 7PM eastern time. Since this year unfortunately many of you could not attend or do a rotation at our institition, we hope to see you all at this session before formal interview process starts where you will get an overview of why we think our program is amongst the best in neurosurgery from both our senior residents as well as our program director and assistant program director. 


In order to RSVP, use the QR code on our flyer or visit this short survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1et5DEXb...ested=true

Zoom code:  962 2920 5948
Password will be sent out to all those who RSVP! We hope to see everyone there!

To all interested applicants,

Thomas Jefferson Neurosurgery program will be holding a virtual question and answer session on Thursday October 22nd at 7PM eastern time. Since this year unfortunately many of you could not attend or do a rotation at our institition, we hope to see you all at this session before formal interview process starts where you will get an overview of why we think our program is amongst the best in neurosurgery from both our senior residents as well as our program director and assistant program director. 


In order to RSVP, use the QR code on our flyer or visit this short survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1et5DEXb...ested=true

Zoom code:  962 2920 5948
Password will be sent out to all those who RSVP! We hope to see everyone there!

  

Hi all, 

looking for advice regarding a bad showing on step 2...

I'm an applying MS4 from a mid-upper tier med school with 242 step 1 (yes, i know, borderline) with 4 honors in 6 possible rotations (COVID affected the ability for more), Gold Humanism Honors Society election, and good research (15 pubs (11 first/second author), couple oral presentation at national mtgs, posters to boot). My school has no AOA, though I am top quartile (how my school "ranks" us) among my peers. Feedback on sub-I was really positive and I think I have good letters coming down the pike. 

However, Step 2 has been a nightmare for me. Ultimately, I didn't do well (237) -- not trying to make excuses here, though I worry the circumstances affected my ability to be at my peak. I was supposed to take in may (covid pushed this date after 4 weeks of studying and then cancelled altogether), which I moved to Late september after my rotations. 1 week before exam, my roommate gets COVID so I had to push my date again to quarantine.  Knowing this is low, I'm concerned programs will negatively look upon me for the borderline Step 1 further being weakened by a lower step 2. I don't think this reflects my clinical abilities. 

My question --  is this worth hitting head-on in something like a personal statement? or should I just wait until it gets brought up at an interview (I expect it would) and discuss the surrounding factors/own a bad test day?

Yes, I know this is a post dripping with anxiety and self doubt and I have total confidence in my ability to become a great resident and surgeon, I just want to know everyone's thoughts on how much this may/may not hurt me in the upcoming cycle and how to best combat this. 

tl;dr: pretty good applicant

(10-14-2020, 11:46 AM)Guest Wrote: Hi all, 

looking for advice regarding a bad showing on step 2...

I'm an applying MS4 from a mid-upper tier med school with 242 step 1 (yes, i know, borderline) with 4 honors in 6 possible rotations (COVID affected the ability for more), Gold Humanism Honors Society election, and good research (15 pubs (11 first/second author), couple oral presentation at national mtgs, posters to boot). My school has no AOA, though I am top quartile (how my school "ranks" us) among my peers. Feedback on sub-I was really positive and I think I have good letters coming down the pike. 

However, Step 2 has been a nightmare for me. Ultimately, I didn't do well (237) -- not trying to make excuses here, though I worry the circumstances affected my ability to be at my peak. I was supposed to take in may (covid pushed this date after 4 weeks of studying and then cancelled altogether), which I moved to Late september after my rotations. 1 week before exam, my roommate gets COVID so I had to push my date again to quarantine.  Knowing this is low, I'm concerned programs will negatively look upon me for the borderline Step 1 further being weakened by a lower step 2. I don't think this reflects my clinical abilities. 

My question --  is this worth hitting head-on in something like a personal statement? or should I just wait until it gets brought up at an interview (I expect it would) and discuss the surrounding factors/own a bad test day?

Yes, I know this is a post dripping with anxiety and self doubt and I have total confidence in my ability to become a great resident and surgeon, I just want to know everyone's thoughts on how much this may/may not hurt me in the upcoming cycle and how to best combat this. 

tl;dr: pretty good applicant

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://utsouthwestern-edu.zoom.us/meeti...qevG21UMFU

I would assume that looking for faculty positions as a functional is a bit different because the number of candidates is far less than, say, internal medicine. There's also a big incentive for private practice over academia. Is tenure still outrageously competitive?

I would assume that looking for faculty positions as a functional is a bit different because the number of candidates is far less than, say, internal medicine. There's also a big incentive for private practice over academia. Is tenure still outrageously competitive?

Hello all,

Please check out our Rush University Neurosurgery Residency Program introduction video (link below). Feel free to reach out to our program coordinator with any questions - she can direct you to one of the residents if you'd like to speak with them. Good luck on the interview "trail" this season!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7hPlGzX...e=youtu.be

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about what type of procedures certain level residents can perform so I want a consensus for some.

So from things as simple as an evd to to clipping an aneurysm, at one point should residents be adept at doing these cases?