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Preparing for Residency
#1
Any practical tips for quarantined MS4s who suddenly have a lot of downtime and no travel? Anything you wish you had done to prepare for intern year?
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#2
Watch every Rhoton lecture. Try to learn Spanish (use duolingo).
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#3
Learn some other skill or pick up a hobby. You'll spend most of your time in residency learning neurosurgery on the job or when you go home and study for boards. I'd ignore all neurosurgery now, pick up a topic or hobby outside of medicine.

For me, i got into finance and investing, reading books, starting a (very) small fund to play with. It's nice to unwind every now and then with something completely unrelated to neurosurgery or medicine in general.
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#4
Publish.
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#5
Publish and then publish.

Review GCS/coma exam/cranial nerves, modified fisher, hunt hess, ASIA scale, dermatomes/myotomes. Review SIADH v DI v CSW.

Review CT and MRI for bleeds, tumors, cavernoma/AVM, aneurysms, stenosis on Radiopaedia, aging of blood on MR is useful.

Enjoy your last freedom

Make extra money if you need it
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#6
Osborn's neuroradiology.
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#7
(03-18-2020, 09:00 PM)Guest Wrote: Osborn's neuroradiology.

Thx. Any other gems for neuroanatomy?
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(03-18-2020, 10:33 PM)Guest Wrote:
(03-18-2020, 09:00 PM)Guest Wrote: Osborn's neuroradiology.

Thx. Any other gems for neuroanatomy?

Osborne and Rhoton, that's all you need
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#9
Rhotons for anatomy, Greenberg for disease entities and treatments. Osborne’s isn’t bad, I found it somewhat slow reading. Also “neurosurgery explained” isn’t a bad resource considering it’s an absurdly easy and fast read, and very cheap
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#10
Would say Osborn’s over Greenberg. Greenberg is just not useful tbh.
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