Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 4-6Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1114590
Keywords
medical student; undergraduate; Electives; medical education
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- Royal College of Surgeons of England Research Fellowship
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellowship
- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Studentship
- NIHR Research Professorship
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
- National Institute for Health Research [NIHR-RP-R3-12-013] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [NIHR-RP-R3-12-013] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
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Student-selected components (SSCs) are protected periods of time in the undergraduate medical curriculum which allow students to explore an area of medicine they are interested in. They are particularly valuable in exposing students to smaller specialties like neurosurgery, which are often sparsely covered in the rest of the undergraduate curriculum. Moreover, they provide opportunities for students interested in pursuing a career in neurosurgery to increase their likelihood of being successful in specialty training applications. In this article, we summarise our department's experience of hosting SSCs. Furthermore, we have set out to establish a series of achievable objectives over the course of a typical SSC in neurosurgery. This includes the possibility of participation in research and audit, which, if well planned, can be rewarding for both the student and the host unit. SSCs are an effective means of exposing medical students to neurosurgery and provide a multitude of opportunities for enhancing clinical competencies and career development.
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