Sub-Internship in Neurological Surgery

Description from DukeHub

This course is designed for those students with a career interest in neurological surgery. Duties include the work-up and care of inpatients, evaluation of clinic patients, assistance in the operating room, daily rounds, and approximately every 4th-night call. Students will be expected to assume intern-level responsibilities. Students round with the neurosurgical team in the mornings then participate in the OR, or attend one of the neurosurgery clinics after rounds. Students attend the Wednesday academic day neurosurgical conferences covering topics within neurosurgery, neurology, neuropathology and neuroradiology, as well as twice monthly Brain School conferences. For more information, please contact Sherolyn Patterson at (contact listed in DukeHub) or contact her via email, (contact listed in DukeHub). First Day of Classes: Students are to meet the residents in the neurosurgery work room at 5:45 AM in 8th floor conference room 8A90 of Duke Central Tower (DCT). Credit: 5. Enrollment max: 5. Amanda Jenson, MD; Steven Cook, MD; Gerald Grant, MD (Chairman), Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD; Deb Bhowmick, MD; Kristen Jones, MD; Paras Quist, MD; David Huie, MD; Allan Friedman, MD; John Barr, MD; Alexa Bramall, MD, PhD; Patrick Codd, MD; Andrew Cutler, MD; Herbert Fuchs, MD, PhD; Rory Goodwin, MD, PhD; Robert Kellogg, MD; Stephanie Greene, MD; Oren Gottfried, MD; David Hasan, MD; Stephen Harward, MD, PhD; Erik Hauck, MD; Jordan Komisarow, MD; Nandan Lad, MD, PhD; Anoop Patel, MD; Christopher Shaffrey, MD; Derek Southwell, MD,PhD; Khoi Than, MD; Dennis Turner, MD; and Ali Zomorodi, MD

Skills

• clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course

AI-resilient: 3 of 5 3/5

• ✓Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "sub-internship"
• ✓Yes: Live work with people · "inpatients"
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• ✓Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "surgery"
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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