130.01 CIEx - Neurosurgery Elective - VAMC-SF (1.5 - 3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): P. Tarapore Prerequisite(s): None
Restrictions: Medical Students in Foundations 2 Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will have opportunities to recognize common diagnoses in neurosurgery practice, observe common procedures, and compose treatment plans for these common conditions. Students will serve as part of the patient care team.
130.03 CIEx - Neurosurgery Subspecialty (3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): M. Aghi Prerequisite(s): None.
Restrictions: Medical Students in Foundations 2 Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. During this CIEx, the student spends 2 weeks with the team of neurosurgery residents at Parnassus rounding on patients and going to the operating room. Students also join residents for academic conferences.
130.04 ClEx - Pediatric Neurosurgery (3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Course will not be offered in: Spring 2022
Instructor(s): N. Gupta Prerequisite(s): None
Restrictions: None Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. During this CIEx, the student spends 2 weeks with the team of neurosurgery residents at Mission Bay or Children’s Hospital Oakland rounding on patients and going to the operating room. Students also join residents for academic conferences.
140.01 Advanced Neurosurgery Clerkship (3 - 11 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): M. Aghi, M. McDermott Prerequisite(s): NEURO SURG 140.05, NEUROLOGY 110
Restrictions: UCSF does not accept international students for clinical experiences. Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Lecture, Student - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
The clinical clerkships allow students considering a residency in neurological surgery to work with our faculty and the current residents in all aspects of the neurosurgery service, as well as interact with faculty in other departments who regularly work with the Department of Neurological Surgery. Students can rotate at all our teaching hospitals.
140.02A Off-Campus Clerkship (3 - 6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): M. Aghi Prerequisite(s): NEUROLOGY 110
Restrictions: 4th-year Medical Students Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
Clinical clerkship in approved hospitals by special arrangement, and approval of the dean and chairperson of the department.
140.02B Off-Campus Clerkship (3 - 6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): M. Aghi Prerequisite(s): NEUROLOGY 110
Restrictions: None Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
Neurosurgery clinical clerkships are offered in off-campus hospitals approved by the instructor of record for the course and the dean.
140.05 Clinical Neurosurgery (3 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): M. Aghi Prerequisite(s): MS3 or MS4 standing.
Restrictions: MS3, MS4 Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
Students will shadow a resident and interact with faculty accordingly in the operating room, inpatient setting and outpatient clinic. Student experiences will differ by site but may include treatment of movement disorders, epilepsy, pediatric and adult brain tumors, head and spinal trauma (operative and non-operative management), hydrocephalus, aneurysms, peripheral nerve disorders and disc disease.
150.01 Research in Neurosurgery (3 - 24 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department.
Activities: Direct - Lab-Science, Direct - Project, Direct - Field Work
Research project under the direction of a member of the faculty. Extensive background reading will be required and discussion of important topics will be held at weekly laboratory and program project research conferences.
198 Supervised Study (1 - 6 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): M. Aghi Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor preceptor and approval of third- and fourth-year coordinator.
Restrictions: Medical students only Activities: Direct - Project, Direct - Independent Study, Student - Project, Student - Independent Study
Focused study and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.