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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.