Neurosurgical Medical Clerkship Program

Neurosurgical Medical Clerkship Program

The Neurosurgical Service at Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School offers a clerkship in neurosurgery for third and fourth year medical students, as well as students coming from medical schools abroad.

Accepted students will be welcomed to our department by our faculty, residents and fellows for a four week rotation. Students will spend time learning about several of our services: Pediatric, Spine, Tumor and Cerebrovascular. During your time with us you will assist in surgeries and participate in weekly conferences with our trainees.

Based on your interest, you will be assigned a mentor at either Boston Children's Hospital or Brigham and Women's Hospital. If you are trained at an American or Canadian Medical College and are planning to apply to our residency program, you will also be required to give a ten minute presentation towards the end of your clerkship on a topic discussed by you and your mentor.

For more information on our residency program, please visit our Residency Program page.

Sponsored by the Minority Faculty Development Program of the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership, the Visiting Clerkship Program (VCP) provides support for fourth-year and qualified third-year medical students, particularly individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine and/or disadvantaged individuals, to participate in the HMS Exchange Clerkship Program at a Harvard-affiliated hospital.

Eligibility

• Identify as being from a group that is underrepresented in medicine or come from a disadvantaged background
• Be a full-time 3rd or 4th year student in good standing at an LCME– or COCA - accredited medical school
• Completed core clerkships in medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and obstetrics prior to the start of the rotation
• Completed USMLE or COMLEX Step 1 prior to the start of the rotation
• US citizen or permanent resident

Benefits

• Financial: $2,500 stipend
• Mentorship and Networking with faculty and residents across the Harvard-affiliate hospitals
• Over 200 options across the specialties, along with combined programs that provide students with experience at more than one Harvard-affiliate hospital during a single rotation
• While rotations are available year-round, the Visiting Clerkship Program is only offered May through November. Students are welcome to complete additional clerkships, but the VCP cannot provide financial or programmatic support for those extra months.

The Application Process

Medical students interested in a rotation in neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital should fill out this form.

For questions, contact Harvard Medical School and Courtney Gilligan, Education Program Manager, at 617-732-8719 or cegilligan@bwh.harvard.edu.

Click here to access Neurosurgery clerkship applications. Please be certain to clearly indicate course number SU509M.Ja.

Applications to the Harvard Medical School Exchange Clerkship Program should not be sent any earlier than six months prior to the start of your desired rotation month.

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