CHRONOLOGICAL ROTATIONS
Thesix-year
Neurosurgical Residency Training Program at UMDNJ follows
the guidelines of the American Board of Neurological
Surgery. It is a comprehensive program designed to prepare
a practitioner for private or academic practice, or
subspecialty fellowship. Prior to completion of the
program, the resident will have successfully passed
Part I of the ABNS examination for credit
The
program is clinically structured to provide increasingly
complex experiences while offering individualized supervision
and guidance commensurate with the resident's unique
needs and level of training.
It emphasizes those characteristics our faculty believe
to be essential to the practice of contemporary neurosurgery.
1.
Internalization of the critical aspects of neurosurgical
professionalism including a commitment to continuing
education, compassion and ethical practice;
2.
An ability to manage the wide variety of neurosurgical
disease entities including familiarity with various
subspecialties;
3.
A strong basic foundation in the neurosciences including
an appreciation of clinical research design, methodology,
and implementation;
4.
An appreciation of how the individual neurosurgeon relates
to both the professional and general communities, including
the socioeconomic and legislative arenas;
5.
A first postgraduate year as a surgical intern is required.
