Neurosurgery Elective for Preclinical Medical Students: Early Exposure and Changing Attitudes

摘要

OBJECTIVE: Exposure to surgical subspecialties is limited during the preclinical years of medical school. To offset this limitation, the authors created a neurosurgery elective for first-and second-year medical students. The objective was to provide each student with early exposure to neurosurgery by combining clinical experience with faculty discussions about the academic and personal realities of a career in neurosurgery.