Is it just me or is everyone in residency suddenly a social media editor for this or that neuro journal or society? Appearances are starting to matter more than substance.

Yes, I’m a hater

Curious if anyone has insight into how 1st author reviews are seen - honestly I think they're pretty fluff.

Hello All,
We are pleased to announce that University at Buffalo Neurosurgery will be hosting a virtual sub-internship experience this summer/fall.
The course combines a variety of instructional methods, including:
·        Independent learning with pre-recorded topic based lectures
·        Live, web-based, assessment and review of the independent learning material
·        Live, web-based, didactic case discussions with attendings and resident physicians
·        Live, web-based, journal club reviewing landmark papers and recently published studies in the field of neurosurgery
·        Live streamed cases from the angiography suites and operating room
 
Schedule:
·        Week 1: Buffalo General Medical Center – General Neurosurgery/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
·        Week 2: Roswell Park Cancer Center - Neuro-oncology
·        Week 3: Oishei Children’s Hospital - Pediatric Neurosurgery
·        Week 4: Erie County Medical Center – Neurosurgical Trauma & Critical Care
 
Session #1: July 27th
Session #2: August 24th
 
If interested please find more information on applying at the following link: https://sites.google.com/view/ubnsvirtua...nship/home
 
Hope to see you all soon!

Carolinas Medical Center Neurosurgery Residency - Virtual Question & Answer Sessions
 
2021 neurosurgery applicants,  
 
We are sorry for the unfortunate and bizarre reality we all find ourselves in during this pandemic.  This is usually the time of year where are we are looking forward to meeting many of you during the sub-I season and sharing our unique program with you.  
 
For those of you who weren't able to attend the virtual symposium back in May, we wanted to provide more opportunities for you to get to experience our program and get to know our residents. 
 
We will be hosting virtual Question and Answer sessions on the following dates and times.  Please email our program coordinator Ms. Cameron Davis at cameron.davis@atriumhealth.org if you are interested and would like to register for one of the events.  These will be very relaxed and informal. 
 
Thursday July 16th 7pm-8pm ET 
Thursday August 6th 7pm-8pm ET 
Saturday August 22nd 10am-11am ET 
 
We look forward to meeting you.  I also would be happy to answer any of your questions directly at any time at vrossi89@gmail.com 

Any good websites and resources to stay up to date with the key papers/advances in the field or even some old publications of significant impact? My program doesn't do a good job in journal club so wonder how what residents from other programs do or recommend. I know the easiest way is to browse the JNS, Red journal...etc every month or so but it's cumbersome and sometimes there are no high impact publications

Do your programs have research and publication requirements? What are they and what is the consequence of not achieving them?

Hey everyone,

Just wondering how competitive someone with a 255-260 step score coming from a low tier MD school would potentially be? Rising m3 so no rotations yet, but in the research department I currently have 1 first basic science paper, 3 2nd, and 3 middle author. Only 2 poster presentations, and no other experiences besides extremely minor volunteer work. 

Thanks all. Guess I'm just wondering how a slightly above average step score combines with coming from a lower tier, but recognizable name, MD school.

Thoughts? 

There are unaccredited fellowship positions, and there are also speciality fellowships such as spine or other fields. Thoughts on advantages and disadvantages of each as a path back to residency after leaving a program?

For someone who just wants to do good surgery and take care of people with a variety of neurosurgical problems, what would be the case for a career in academics?

What are the general opinions of this program. Under the radar or has some recognition? Seems like they've managed to recruit good faculty with mascitelli (lawton fellow...both open/endo), papanastassiou (harvard epilepsy/functional), and Floyd the Chair/PD is MDA trained for onc/skullbase. UCI seems to send their residents here for a rotation too.