Reply With QuoteI am new grad that will be starting neurosurgery in a few weeks and would love any advice or suggestion to help make the transition from student to neurosurgery PA easier!
I had been working at an Internal Medicine Clinic for 2 years now and recently got a job as a Neurosurgery PA. I have two months before I start working and would love to get any advice from any neurosurgery PAs out there. Study materials?, suturing techniques? ANYTHING!
I am new grad that will be starting neurosurgery in a few weeks and would love any advice or suggestion to help make the transition from student to neurosurgery PA easier!
Well, I spent 2 years in Neurosurgery..granted, it was a while ago, but it depends. Are you working for a generalist?...a spine guy? a trauma guy? a tumor guy? a vascular guy? Neurosurgery is a big field. It would help to know a little more...Originally Posted by jenmarti
The best books to have IN YOUR CALL ROOM would have to be Handbook of Neurosurgery by Mark Greenberg. It's a small, but loaded 2 volume set....
Health Services Researcher/Collaborative Scientist focused on Audit and Feedback research, PA/NP workforce models, organizational theory in implementation science, decision analysis-triadic communication models, clinical decision rule implementation/evaluation, shared decision making models. Methodologist. PA practicing (a little) in non operative spine management.
do it yourself brainsurgery.jpg Now here is an idea.
JMJ
Oh, come on Man.
The Greenberg Bible.
Get two.
Keep one in your car and the other in your home.
READ THEM. REFER TO THEM.
And DON'T expect to get good at this in a hurry.
NS is VAST and attention to detail is
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN LEARN.....
You'll be ok as long as you have a VERY TOLERANT BOSS,
ESPECIALLY if you are new.
the very SECOND you think you have this mastered,
or take something for granted, or don't pass along that
"nonspecific" piece of information to your boss,
you are in for a VERY BIG FALL..... so keep all your wits about you
every second.
(FYI I have been doing this for many many years now, love it,
and wouldn't consider any other subspecialty, but in my opinion
it requires a very strong individual, and most I have seen / worked with
don't make it. and believe me, I am thinking pretty hard about clicking
the "submit reply" tab here. I don't want to discourage anyone,
but this would be one subspecialty that I
would honestly say isn't for the faint of heart. And Neurosurgeons in general can be
some pretty quirky individuals.)
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