All students will spend 2 weeks at Harborview Medical Center as part of their clerkship rotation.
All students will also spend 2 weeks at either Seattle Children’s Hospital or the University of Washington Medical Center or the VA. This is so that all students have the opportunity to experience what it’s like rotate with the Neurological Surgery service at a Level 1 Trauma hospital, as well as have the opportunity to experience what it’s like to rotate with the Neurological Surgery service at a more specific-care focused site.
*Where each student rotates will be at the discretion of the Clerkship Director.
Included below are details about each rotation site students may rotate at and some of the clinical opportunities we offer students as well of some of the activities all students are expected to attend regardless of their site, in person or via Zoom. Activities that ALL Seattle students are required to attend are similarly coded in black text. Besides these required activities, students are expected to search out and engage in further clinical experiences from the partial list of activities mentioned below.
There is bound to be some waiting and down time during while students are in the hospitals. We suggest students take this time to work on the study guides and other assignments, reading, and prepping for cases.
When students can, we also suggest they try to prepare for cases and clinic by looking through the relevant chapters of one of the reference texts. Read up on the anatomy, disease process, surgical details, differential diagnosis, potential complications relevant to the case, etc. Students will get more out of the experience if they do.
Current schedule of required activities:
** conferences occurring via Zoom, you will be given link either by the clerkship coordinator or by the rotation site educator(s)
WEEKLY (ALL STUDENTS):
Wednesday
7:00-8:00am – Grand Rounds via Zoom (Zoom info will be sent via calendar invite)
8:00-9:00am – Resident Education Hour via Zoom (Zoom info will be sent via calendar invite)
1:00-2:30pm – SCH Tumor Board conference (via Zoom) (OPTIONAL for students not rotating at SCH)
Thursday (*weeks 1-3 only)
7:00am-12:30pm – Observe tumor surgeries at UWMC (OPTIONAL)
1:00-4:00pm – Neurology teaching sessions with Dr. Eric Kraus (Neurology Clerkship Director). Location: UWMC (*in-person only) (Dr. Kraus will email teaching session location info to students)
Thursday (*week 4 only)
7:00am-5:00pm – Observe tumor surgeries at UWMC (OPTIONAL)
FIRST DAY OF CLERKSHIP:
7:00-7:15am – General orientation with Clerkship Coordinator via Zoom (Zoom info will be sent via calendar invite)
7:15-8:00am – Clinical orientation with Clerkship Director(s) via Zoom (Zoom info will be sent via calendar invite)
LAST DAY OF CLERKSHIP:
8:30am – Final exam (IN-PERSON) (Clerkship Coordinator will send students location information ahead of exam day)
ROTATION SCHEDULE BY SITE
Harborview Medical Center:
Students will need to contact the appropriate intern/junior resident(s) of each site prior to starting your weekly rotation. Students will be provided contact information by the Clerkship Coordinator 1 week prior to starting at HMC. The intern/junior resident(s) will help you coordinate a person of contact for you to meet up with each morning, as well be able to go over your daily schedule and fill you in on what to expect each day.
Monday
6:00-7:30am – Rounds (Neuroradiology Reading Room: 1 West Hospital Sky Bridge) (*not including first day of clerkship)
7:30-8:00am – Huddle (2WH81: Neurocritical Care conference room) (*not including first day of clerkship)
8:00am-4:00pm – OR (check EPIC for scheduled procedures)
1:00-2:00pm – Neurocritical Care didactics (2WH81)
2:00-5:00pm – Clinic (NJB, 5th floor)
Tuesday
6:00-7:30am – Rounds (Neuroradiology Reading Room: 1 West Hospital Sky Bridge)
7:30-8:00am – Huddle (2WH81: Neurocritical Care conference room)
8:00am-4:00pm – OR (check EPIC for scheduled procedures)
1:00-2:00pm – Neurocritical Care didactics (2WH81)
Wednesday
9:00am-4:00pm – Residents Clinic (with Dr. Steege/Dr. Wiseman) (NJB, 5th floor)
4:15-5:00pm – Weekly pre-op case conference via Zoom (Zoom info will be sent via calendar invite)
Thursday
6:00-7:30am – Rounds (Neuroradiology Reading Room: 1 West Hospital Sky Bridge)
7:30-8:00am – Huddle (2WH81: Neurocritical Care conference room)
8:00am-4:00pm – OR
Friday (excluding last Friday of clerkship)
6:00-7:30am – Rounds (Neuroradiology Reading Room: 1 West Hospital Sky Bridge)
7:30-8:00am – Huddle (2WH81: Neurocritical Care conference room)
8:00am-4:00pm – Dr. Bonow Clinic (Neurocritical Care, Neurotrauma) (NJB, 5th floor: clinic workroom at the north end of the building)
1:00-2:00pm – Neurocritical Care didactics (2WH81)
Seattle Children’s Hospital:
Students who are assigned to spend time at SCH will need to complete their in-person onboarding and badging prior to being able to start their rotation at SCH. The SCH credentialing office will reach to students ahead of time to schedule a time for each student to complete their in-person onboarding and badging.
The SCH site preceptor, Dr. Hannah Goldstein, will reach out to the students prior to when they are to start at SCH with information of where and who to connect with once they have completed in-person onboarding and badging. The site preceptor will also provide a brief rundown of what each student should expect while rotating at SCH.
Monday
6:30-7:45am – Rounds (except for first day of clerkship) (meet in resident office)
7:45-8:00am – Weekly case conference via Zoom (Zoom info will be provided by the site preceptor or current SCH resident)
8:00am-5:00pm – OR
12:00-1:00pm – Epilepsy conference via Zoom (Zoom info will be provided by the site preceptor or current SCH resident)
Tuesday
6:30-7:30am – Rounds (meet in resident office)
7:30am-5:00pm – OR
Wednesday
6:30-7:00am – Rounds (if no Grand Rounds) (meet in resident office)
8:30-1:00pm (after REH) – OR
1:00-2:30pm– Tumor Board via Zoom (Zoom info will be provided by the site preceptor or current SCH resident)
Thursday
6:30-7:30am – Rounds (meet in resident office)
7:30am-12:00pm – OR (except last week of clerkship: OR to 5pm during last week)
Friday (excluding last Friday of clerkship)
6:30-7:30am – Rounds (meet in resident office)
7:30am-5:00pm – OR
University of Washington Medical Center – Montlake:
Students who are assigned to spend time at UWMC should meet the R1 on the first day of the rotation to get oriented to the team and workflow (the Clerkship Coordinator will provide the R1’s contact information to the student(s) 1 week prior to when the student(s) is to rotate at UWMC).
Students should then ask the two senior residents for which cases they should observe (ideally, students will get assigned an attending/OR the day prior, and they can read up on the cases).
Students should aim to go to clinic at least 1-2 times a week to practice the cranial and spinal exams.
Students should try to get a wide exposure to the field by observing each attending at least once over the 2 weeks.
Students should observe each of the following faculty at least 1x during their time at UWMC:
Dr. Ferreira, Dr. Ruzevick, Emerson – skull base
Dr. Ko, Dr. Grannan – functional, cranial, peripheral nerve
Dr. Amin, Dr. Karandikar – spine
Monday
6:00am Rounds, then OR (Karandikar, Ferreira ) / clinic (Ruzevick, Ko)
Tuesday
6:00am Rounds, then OR (Amin) / clinic (Ferreira)
7:00am UWMC Spine teaching conference (via Zoom)
4:00-5:00pm UWMC Resident teaching conference (via Zoom)
5:00pm UWMC Pituitary and Skull Base conference (1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month)
Wednesday
6:00am UWMC Rounds, then OR (Ko/Grannan, Ruzevick) / clinic (Amin/Emerson)
Thursday
6:00am UWMC Rounds, then OR (Ferreira, Ko, Emerson) / clinic (Karandikar)
Friday (excluding last Friday of clerkship)
6:00am UWMC Rounds, then OR (Emerson, Ruzevick) / clinic
Veteran’s Administration Medical Center:
Students who are assigned to spend time at the VA will need to connect with Dr. Ali Ravanpay prior to starting at the VA. The Clerkship Coordinator will provide students with the site preceptor’s, Dr. Ravanpay, contact information at least 1 week prior to starting at the VA. Students who get assigned to rotate at the VA will have a VA-specific orientation with Dr. Ravanpay on the 1st day of the clerkship, during the Zoom orientation.
*Clinic is located on the 4th floor by the D elevators
Monday
8:00am – Consults
Tuesday
Add-on cases
8:00am-4:00pm – Dr. Ravanpay clinic (Building 100, 4th floor)
Wednesday
10:00-11:00am – Neuroradiology/case conference (Neuroradiology reading room)
11:00am-12:00pm – Journal club (NSGY coffee room; bldg. 1, 5th floor)
Thursday
8:00am-4:00pm – OR
8:00am-12:00pm – Dr. Gelfenbeyn clinic (when no OR cases) (Building 100, 4th floor)
Friday (excluding last Friday of clerkship)
8:00am – Cases PRN
8:00am-4:00pm – Dr. Gelfenbeyn clinic (Building 100, 4th floor)