Neurosurgery

Find your top neurosurgery resources in one stop

Whether you have your own neurosurgery clinic, you work for a hospital setting or are at the bottom of the ladder as a resident or intern, having neurosurgery resources at your fingertips can be helpful at any stage of your career.

Neurosurgeons are a well educated group of people, but it never hurts to be connected with colleagues and valuable information in the field. Neurosurgery online information can range from subspecialties, to continuing medical education (CME), to conferences and more.

To determine the best neurosurgery resources for you, ask yourself:

1. Are you looking for specific neurosurgery topics to research particular conditions or diseases?

2. Are you looking to branch out and network with other neurosurgery professionals?

3. Are you looking to find neurosurgery CME training?

4. Are you looking to find a job in the neurosurgery field?

 

Use the plethora of neurology / neurosurgery resources available

From clinical neurosurgery to pediatric neurosurgery to neurosurgery spine information and more, find the neurosurgery topic to fit your any need.
Try: NEUROSURGERY://ON-CALL is a joint online resource from The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. There you can find information on the various Neurosurgical subspecialties. Visit the Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery Resource Center, which offers information, resources and CME activities. Visit the Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Neurosurgical Service site. It offers resources for patients, families and more related to neurosurgical diseases. Look at the resources available through the Health Sciences Library in collaboration with the Division of Neurosurgery, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Join an association or society to gain neurosurgeon information

Finding a neurosurgery group can help you network professionally and personally.
Try: Consider becoming a part of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Visit their career center or use their online resources. There's also the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, which recently released its SANS Competencies courses. They are a new module of SANS Lifelong Learning that cover the non-clinical core competencies. The pricing is extremely reasonable for the level of practice testing that you receive. Look at joining the Association of Neurosurgical Physician Assistants. You could also consider the Society of Neurological Surgeons, otherwise known as the “Senior Society.”

Find job placement resources for neurosurgeons

Find neurosurgery online job placement firms and opportunities.
Try: Use the neuroscience placement specialist services of MedHIRE, LLC. Use PracticeLink to find Physician Neurosurgery jobs by state. Use Onyx M.D. to find neurosurgical jobs. MedSource Consultants is another job resource.

 

• Neurosurgery interns and residents should look for mentors to look up to and network with. Vice versa is true for experienced neurosurgery professionals. They should be willing to take someone new under their wing and be a leader and role model for that person or persons.

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