Scheduled teaching rounds are held daily by a teaching neurosurgeon. Each patient's clinical course, laboratory data, and radiologic studies are reviewed and the treatment plan for the next 24 hours is set. Pathophysiology of relevant conditions and such variables as increased intracranial pressure, uncal herniation, and spinal injury are reviewed. Scheduled teaching rounds are held every Monday and Thursday with a teaching neurosurgeon. Patients' histories are presented, patients are examined, and clinicoradiologic correlation is made by reviewing all studies with the neuroradiology staff.
Operative intervention is planned if indicated.
Brief teaching rounds and a review of consultations are conducted by the teaching neurosurgeon on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Fellows' Research Conference , scheduled by the BTRC on the third Thursday of each month. Clinical and research fellows, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students present their data and studies in a semiformal atmosphere. This is an educational situation where young investigators have an opportunity to prepare a seminar and present their work in a friendly setting. Any fellow with over one year of experience is eligible to speak.