How to specialise into neurosurgery (1 Viewer)

[richiew]

hey i was just trying to find the exact process by which one can specialise into neurosurgery. i've asked around and got a bunch of different information so im looking confirmation. also to go into neurosurgery, i was told to specialise in neurology rather than surgery; is this true?

 

[~shinigami~]

Try http://www.medstudentsonline.com.au/forums/index.php or http://www.pagingdr.proboards61.com/index.cgi.

 

[Wooz]

hey i was just trying to find the exact process by which one can specialise into neurosurgery. i've asked around and got a bunch of different information so im looking confirmation. also to go into neurosurgery, i was told to specialise in neurology rather than surgery; is this true?

Medicine > Internship > Residency > Surgery inc. getting to start your sub specialty neurosurgery, etc in the final 2 years of the 5-6 year Surgery specialty program > Felllowship with the Royal Australian Collge or Surgeons (Exams) > practice. Have fun it should take about 11-12+ (realistically 13 or so +) years to become an actual neurosurgeon.

http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/specialties/surgery/
http://www.neurosurgerytraining.org/
http://www.surgeons.org/Content/NavigationMenu/EducationandTraining/Training/Neurosurgery/default.htm


You will have to enter surgery like all other surgeons and learn 2 years of general surgery, then electives and then your desired speciality e.g. neuro, ent, pediatric surgery, cardiac are all subspecialities of surgery.

Try http://www.medstudentsonline.com.au/forums/index.php or http://www.pagingdr.proboards61.com/index.cgi.

Try asking on paging dr as it has a handful of helpful docs.

 

[richiew]

k i'll look up on those. thanks guys.

 

[doink]

Wow brain surgery, aiming quite high there. Best to get into medicine first rather than look at your specialty.