Regarding Neurosurgery Residency

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pfaction said:
I, for one, appreciate the TC's ambition / gunning to do neurosurgery. I have always viewed that aiming for the top top spot and falling means you'll still end up at the top. HAY GUYS I WANT TO BE A PCP! Not slamming PCPs, but seriously? at some of you. 👎thumbdown👎
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You are, quite necessarily, slamming PCPs.
 
pfaction said:
I literally couldn't give a flying F about getting laid and money. If I cared about money, I'd stick with my current profession and move to Alaska as a retail pharmacist to make my 100k.

I, for one, appreciate the TC's ambition / gunning to do neurosurgery. I have always viewed that aiming for the top top spot and falling means you'll still end up at the top. HAY GUYS I WANT TO BE A PCP! Not slamming PCPs, but seriously? at some of you. 👎thumbdown👎
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No one faults anyone for aiming. But at this point he's trying to aim the cannon before he even has the thing loaded.

This is the sort of thing you keep to yourself and research yourself.
 
I was on my way to check it, and it said "moved". I'm going to try to delete this.
 
NeuroTyler said:
I'm trying to get into the correct forum. I placed it in medical students and they moved it here. Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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I think that they would have said that they moved it, but I could be wrong.
 
NeuroTyler said:
I'm trying to get into the correct forum. I placed it in medical students and they moved it here. Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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I would have absolutely no reason to repost. That thread was still active, and I'm not stupid enough to think I would get different answers from different people.
 
The mods will work their magic. 🙂
 
NickNaylor said:
No one faults anyone for aiming. But at this point he's trying to aim the cannon before he even has the thing loaded.

This is the sort of thing you keep to yourself and research yourself.
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I will concede at this point. I've been told by others to go for neurosurgery since that's what my "research" is on (quotes because I've yet to do it on live things...not dead things...september?) and I've kept it quiet here. But I really have only minimal desire.
 
NeuroTyler said:
That is a very, very accurate depiction. Here I was, trying to take an old sailor's advice, and I get moved. And Nick, I'm afraid to repost in another forum again.
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Don't be afraid.
 
NeuroTyler said:
I'm a premedical student and, as is clearly implied in my user name, my intention is to enter the field of medicine in either neurosurgery or neurology due to my interest with the brain and the CNS. My primary goal is to become a neurosurgeon and I have some general questions about the grueling seven years that I would call myself a resident in said field:

1. Is the first year of residency simply general surgery?

2. Of what would a typical day "living the dream" consist?

3. About how much could I expect to be paid, strictly in residency, and would it be a low hourly wage or a salary based on a forty-hour work week?

4. I've heard that neurosurgeons in the making must nearly incessantly research. What literature would I be researching? Would I be reading solid-grounded, published research, or break-outs in the field and possible advances in the way physicians operate on the central nervous system?

I appreciate any legitimate answers and to those seeking to do otherwise, I plan on opening a "Free Lobotomy Clinic" to which you are openly invited if and when I finish my schooling and residency.

I realize this holds no relevance to my current studies and even a perfect answer would put me no closer to neurosurgery residency. I am simply curious and wish to know. Thanks.

"It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday." -Dr. Rebecca Black, MD
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Many of your questions have been discussed in the neurosurgery forum. A quick search for old threads is helpful. For starters, here are a few posts that may help:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=10540590#post10540590

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=166874
 
I just don't want to be kicked, though that might be a popular action at this point. XD
 
NeuroTyler said:
That is a very, very accurate depiction. Here I was, trying to take an old sailor's advice, and I get moved. And Nick, I'm afraid to repost in another forum again.
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Clever girl.

NeuroTyler said:
I just don't want to be kicked, though that might be a popular action at this point. XD
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You won't get "kicked" for cross-posting unless you're doing it obnoxiously. People will just think you're dumb.
 
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tl;dr

OP... if you are smart enough to become a neurosurgeon, you are smart enough to search on the internetz and find any information about neurosurgery you'd like. and it will probably be more accurate than asking a bunch of other pre-meds.

also I recommend shadowing.
 
NeuroTyler said:
Nuh uh
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Don't mess with TheProwler. His face says it all.
pfaction said:
I, for one, appreciate the TC's ambition / gunning to do neurosurgery. I have always viewed that aiming for the top top spot and falling means you'll still end up at the top. HAY GUYS I WANT TO BE A PCP! Not slamming PCPs, but seriously? at some of you. 👎thumbdown👎
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Wait, what? Now just because neurosurgery is more competitive than primary care means that PCP's are any less successful/ambitious/whatever than neurosurgeons? 😕

Also, TC? We say OP 'round these parts.
 
This prowler character, he is frightening in countenance, but pleasing in bed.
 
NeuroTyler said:
I'm a premedical student and, as is clearly implied in my user name, my intention is to enter the field of medicine in either neurosurgery or neurology due to my interest with the brain and the CNS. My primary goal is to become a neurosurgeon and I have some general questions about the grueling seven years that I would call myself a resident in said field:

1. Is the first year of residency simply general surgery?
You will rotate through multiple different surgical specialties your first year

2. Of what would a typical day "living the dream" consist?

Wake up around 4am. Pre-round on old patients and get ready for cases. First case is usually around 730. Surgery most of the day. In the afternoon round on floor patients. Finish up any surgeries left and leave in the evening (~7ish)

3. About how much could I expect to be paid, strictly in residency, and would it be a low hourly wage or a salary based on a forty-hour work week?
40-50 the first year. A few thousand increase each year of residency. It depends on where you live but based on hours worked somewhere around 7 bucks an hour.

4. I've heard that neurosurgeons in the making must nearly incessantly research. What literature would I be researching? Would I be reading solid-grounded, published research, or break-outs in the field and possible advances in the way physicians operate on the central nervous system?

You do your own research. You don't research the old literature, you make your own. Of course you have to read and learn as well.
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See above.
 
NeuroTyler said:
This prowler character, he is frightening in countenance, but pleasing in bed.
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Hey bro, you come off as a tool so I will make this easy for you. One, I wouldn't try to burn Prowler...he is a surgery resident and could have been a source of info for you if you hadn't come off like such a little trolling b*tch.

Two, people in here are burning you because anyone who dreams/shoots for the stars in his or her life does basic due diligence on their own in order to speak intelligently on topics of interest.

Three, go to college, have fun, work hard, take the MCAT, throw yourself into a myriad of EC's of high interest, apply to med school, interview well, get an acceptance, THEN AND ONLY THEN come back to SDN.

Four (for all of us), we should probably stop humoring the OP.
 
Man, I love that 40 hr work week too, where can I find a neurosurgery residency with a 40 hr/wk cap?
 
mcm628 said:
Hey bro, you come off as a tool so I will make this easy for you. One, I wouldn't try to burn Prowler...he is a surgery resident and could have been a source of info for you if you hadn't come off like such a little trolling b*tch.

Two, people in here are burning you because anyone who dreams/shoots for the stars in his or her life does basic due diligence on their own in order to speak intelligently on topics of interest.

Three, go to college, have fun, work hard, take the MCAT, throw yourself into a myriad of EC's of high interest, apply to med school, interview well, get an acceptance, THEN AND ONLY THEN come back to SDN.

Four (for all of us), we should probably stop humoring the OP.
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Seriously?...Maybe someone takes themselves a little too seriously. I was trying to joke with the prowler, not belittle him. People like you crack me up. You would like to believe this forum is so hard core. But, really, it's a forum. I was trying honestly to come by direct answers at first, then I got stuff like this, so I figured I would just join in. And btw, is it a bit hypocritical to call for people to stop "humoring" me if you're going to suggest a detailed four-point plan to me?
 
NeuroTyler said:
I was trying to joke with the prowler, not belittle him.
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Until people around here know your sense of humor, it's best if you make liberal use of emoticons to indicate srs vs non-srs.
 
If they want to ban me for defending myself, so be it. I'm not going to let a bunch of forum-cronies try and fail to burn me when I had honest intentions. All anyone has been able to say back to my defense is, "Chill out, man." I'm not even mad, though. I just want the people who have no interest in posting a legitimate answer, but instead want to belittle my question and curiosity, to ACT as they say they think. If you think I'm a fool, that's really okay with me, just don't provoke me to keep posting, because I will, until I'm banned. Though, honestly, if anyone should be banned, it should be some of the responders who threw unprovoked web-punches.I didn't ask for your criticism.
 
NeuroTyler said:
If they want to ban me for defending myself, so be it. I'm not going to let a bunch of forum-cronies try and fail to burn me when I had honest intentions. All anyone has been able to say back to my defense is, "Chill out, man." I'm not even mad, though. I just want the people who have no interest in posting a legitimate answer, but instead want to belittle my question and curiosity, to ACT as they say they think. If you think I'm a fool, that's really okay with me, just don't provoke me to keep posting, because I will, until I'm banned. Though, honestly, if anyone should be banned, it should be some of the responders who threw unprovoked web-punches. I didn't ask for your criticism.
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But you did. You intentionally stirred the pot. You asked for someone to shoot the **** with you.

Don't try and school the people on this forum. The majority is educated and can articulate themselves very well. So please stop the morality lesson, and telling others how they should act.

Now... on the otherhand... congratulations on getting to post 51. You made it farther than most trolls.
 
When I said shoot the ****, I meant talk about perhaps unimportant things, not argue over my posts. I didn't insult anyone's intelligence, just that there really is no legitimate opposition to what I'm saying: why whine about what I post, especially if it was pertaining to what this very website was created for: discussing the medical field and how to enter it. I don't doubt these people are intelligent enough to articulate how they feel, I just want them to know that I'm going to bitch right back if that's their intention.
 
Perhaps you should start a blog like Creed from the office:
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Surely working 40 hrs/wk doing neurosurgery will allow you plenty of time to continue this hobby.
 
As most of those posting on my threads would like to inform you: it will be some time before then, so, while I'm trudging through undergraduate studies and having all this free time, I could start a blog. I really have no interest, though. All anyone wants to do on the internet is argue and bitch. Instead, I think I'll go eat some Arby's.
 
And what's up with this forty hours stuff? I didn't originally think that the work week would be forty hours. I know it would be much more, but my question was whether or not I'd be paid salary or hourly. If you were on salary, regardless of how many hours you worked, you would still get paid for forty hours.
 
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