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Neurosurgery (NSU) Courses

Academic Unit: Neurosurgery

NSU 5667 - Neurobiology of Disease
(2 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: NSC 5667 (inactive, starting 06-SEP-05)
Basic clinical/pathological features, pathogenic mechanisms. Weekly seminar.
NSU 7200 - Surgical Specialty: Neurosurgery
(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
During the course, the student will evaluate patients in the outpatient clinic. Students will learn about basic disease processes and are encouraged to spend time in the operating room observing neurosurgical procedures. Medical students will also participate in daily teaching rounds and should attend most regularly scheduled conferences held within the department.
NSU 7400 - Surgical Specialty: Neurosurgery Elective, Duluth
(2 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Students evaluate patients in outpatient clinic. Basic disease processes. Students spend time in operating room, observing neurosurgical procedures, and in emergency room, inpatient setting, pain clinic, inpatient setting, and office practice.
NSU 7500 - Acting Internship Neurosurgery
(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Student will be an integral part of the neurosurgical team, participating closely with the other house staff in patient care and decision-making processes. An important aspect of the acting internship will be the opportunity to see neurosurgical procedures in correlation with the patients for whom the student is caring. In addition, regular teaching sessions and conferences will be held with the neurology and neurosurgical staff. During the final week of the rotation the student will be expected to do independent study on a topic and present this to the neurosurgical team.
NSU 7510 - Externship at the VA Medical Center
(2 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)
During this externship, the student attends daily ward rounds and participates in the evaluation and treatment in the outpatient department. Each student is expected to attend neurosurgical, neuroradiological and neuropathology weekly conferences.
NSU 8318 - Neuroradiological Conference
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Neuroradiological conference.
NSU 8320 - Neurosurgical Conference
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Neurosurgical conference.
NSU 8324 - Fundamentals of Neuroscience for Neurosurgery
(1 cr [max 15]; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 15 credits)
Provide neuroscience foundation needed for practice of clinical neurosurgery. Prereq 8104, college consent.

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