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Neurosurgery The residency training program in neurosurgery is under the direction of the Division of Neurosurgery of McGill University. It is an integrated program. Adult elective neurosurgery is done exclusively at the Montreal Neurological Hospital. Paediatric neurosurgery including paediatric neurotrauma is done at the Montreal Children's Hospital. Neuro-Trauma is done at the Montreal General Hospital. All sites belong to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Although the integrated program is of six years' duration, the length of the program varies depending on the resident's career goals, the qualifying specialty body for which he or she is making preparation and the individual background of experience at McGill in medical and surgical disciplines. Residents will need at least two years of Core General Surgery (available at McGill) followed by a minimum of four years of Neurosurgical Training. The first year of neurosurgical training is considered part of the Core Surgery Program. Residents should pass the Principles of Surgery examinations during their second Core Surgery year. They are expected to attend mandatory Core Surgery preparatory sessions to that effect. For the Neurosurgical Training, thirty-nine blocks are expected of individual residents. Individual rotations are of three to four blocks' duration. Residents will be expected to rotate through the four adult neurosurgery services at the Montreal Neurological Hospital, the trauma rotation at the MGH site and the paediatric rotation at the MCH site in junior resident capacity. When they return to these rotations they automatically assume a senior resident role on individual services. The second set of rotations are usually of four blocks' duration. Additionally residents are expected to do a year of electives in neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology and critical care neurosurgery. Participation in research programs for qualified and interested residents is encouraged during the course of training. Selected candidates may register for graduate degrees with the approval of the head of the laboratory and the program director. They can also register to the clinical investigator program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Their first year of research is part of the residency training and can be extended to two further years to obtain a degree. The academic program includes protected academic half days which include weekly Grand Rounds and a didactic lecture series, morbidity and mortality rounds as well as chairman’s rounds bimonthly, a neuropathology and a neuroradiology session monthly and journal club as well as chapter reviews monthly. In-training written examinations occur 4 times a year and formal Royal College mock oral exams twice a year. Canadian PGY-1 applicants are accepted via CaRMS. Inquiries and applications should be directed to: Dr Line Jacques, Program Director rev July 08 |