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Education and Training Education within the UAMS Department of Neurosurgery is designed to provide a broad neurosurgical background for the medical student, and an exposure to subspecialty neurosurgery as well as an opportunity for residents to engage in both clinical and basic research. In addition, the department offers a unique international fellowship program. Medical Students Junior medical students are assigned to neurology and neurosurgery for a four-week rotation, and senior electives are available for fourth-year students. Residents will instruct students at all levels. Residency Program The residency training program in neurological surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) involves six years of neurosurgery after a year of fundamental basic skills (PGY-1). A three-month neurology rotation can be arranged during this year. Four of these years are devoted to clinical experiences with faculty supervision at the UAMS Medical Center, a front-line, state-supported hospital which serves as a tertiary referral center for complex cases, as well as its affiliates, Arkansas Children's Hospital and the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital. Both of the affiliated institutions have a wealth of routine and complex cases. One year is set aside for individual elective work and can include the necessary basic science and allied clinical experiences. During the clinical years, increasing clinical and administrative responsibilities flourish. Residents start to operate early and are totally involved in the management of neurosurgical patients, including those in out-patient, in-patient, operative, postoperative and critical care settings.Neurosurgical residents may receive education in anesthesia, pathology, general surgery, neurology, internal medicine, pediatrics, ophthalmology, orthopedics, radiology, otolaryngology and endocrinology. In the elective and research year, the individual has the option to serve as an instructor in the freshman-level neuroscience course. Concurrent with this teaching, residents will benefit from time spent in a research lab working on a clinical or basic project of their own or as collaborators in an ongoing project. A faculty member will assist each resident in achieving his or her research and teaching goals. Residents are encouraged and supported to present at regional and national meetings and to attend educational review courses. Satisfactory completion of the training program requires a passing grade on the written examination sponsored by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. International Research Fellowship The Department of Neurosurgery offers an international
research fellowship program; however, this program is not accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and is not
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