Neurosurgeon PowerPoints

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Neurosurgeons

• By Kendal Fonda

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Whats a Neurosurgeon?

• Neurosurgery (or neurological surgery) is the
  medical specialty concerned with the prevention,
  diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of
  disorders which affect any portion of the nervous
  system including the brain, spine, spinal cord,
  peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial
  cerebrovascular system

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Collage?

• Just like most careers today, becoming a
  neurosurgeon means youll definably have to
  attend collage. In the United States ,
  neurologists are physicians who have completed
  postgraduate training in neurology after
  graduation from medical school. On average,
  Neurologists complete at least 1012 years of
  college education and clinical training. This
  training includes obtaining a four-year
  undergraduate degree, a medical degree(Another
  4years) and then completing a three or four-year
  residency in neurology. The four-year residency
  consists of one year of internal medicine
  training followed by three years of training in
  neurology. One and two year fellowships are
  available following completion of the neurology
  residency if desired. Also, many neurologists
  also have additional training after completing
  their residency in one area of neurology such as
  stroke or vascular neurology, interventional
  neurology, epilepsy, neuromuscular,
  neurorehabilitation, behavioral neurology,  sleep
  medicine, pain management, neuroimmunology,
  clinical neurophysiology, or movement disorders.

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Career Cluster?

• The career cluster a neurosurgeon would fall
  under is the Health Science cluster.
• The Health Science cluster does Planning,
  managing and providing therapeutic services,
  diagnostic services, health informatics, support
  services, and biotechnology research and
  development.

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What skills do I need?

• Some transferable skills required to be a
  neurosurgeon are
• Diagnosing diseases and disorders
• Giving health care instructions
• Observing and analyzing physical problems
• Planning health care treatments
• Treating physical or mental problems
• Using medical or dental instruments to treat
  patients

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What about Now?

• High school classes are very important for any
  career! To become a neurosurgeon, high school
  classes you should take are
• Oral Communication
• Sociology
• Speech
• Technical Writing
•  English Composition
• Algebra
• Psychology
• Health Science V Therapeutic Services
  Preparation
• Chemistry
• American Government
• Biological Science

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What about salary?

• Depending on how many surgeries and have hard you
  work, being an neurosurgeon means you will make
  anywhere from 400,000 to over a million a year!
  Now thats a good pay!