The overall aims of the program are to:
1-1 Provide the basic and advanced and up-to-date knowledge in the field of neurosurgery & outlook the new updates in neurosurgery all over the world.
1-2 Provide the principles & protocols of scientific researching as related to medical practice & post graduation development.
1-3 Integrate the basic scientific knowledge essential to practice neurosurgery, dealing with health problems commonly met- with- in clinical practice with proper awareness of the social and community contexts of health care.
1-4 Detect the health problems in field of neurosurgery & find proper solutions.
1-5 Perform most of professional kills in the field of neurosurgery.
1-6 Develop new protocols & new strategies for professional medical practice.
1-7 Communicate effectively, with mutual respect between health team provider & effective leadership.
1-8 Show adequate understanding in community development & to shed light in national & international changes.
1-9 Recognize basic scientific knowledge about the rules of professional medical ethics.
1-10 Lifelong learning competencies necessary for continuous professional development & transferring knowledge & skills to others.
1-11 Apply the evidence-based medicine in his practice.
1-12 Use available resources and developing new resources to improve the neurosurgical practice.
1-13 Make benefit of recent technology in neurosurgical practice
1-14 Lead a team work and making proper decisions.
1-15 Train the candidates and colleagues for proper methods of clinical examination and management to provide decision making skills for proper evaluation of the neurosurgical cases.
2 ـ المخرجات التعليمية المستهدفة من البرنامج :
2-Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOS):
2.أ ـ المعرفة والفهم :
2.a. Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the program, the graduate should be able to:
2.a.1. Recognize the principles & hypothesis of neurosurgical diseases with surveillance and screening of all related topics.
2.a.2. Discuss the basic scientific knowledge about the anatomy of the human body with special interest of neuroanatomy to describe the normal structure and function & development of the central & peripheral nervous system.
2.a.3. Recognize the basic scientific knowledge about neurophysiology.
2.a.4. Describe the basic scientific knowledge about general pathology with shedding the light on neuropathology.
2.a.5. Discuss the most common neurosurgical problems.
2.a.6. Recognize the most important techniques of neuroanathesia, preoperative & postoperative care.
2.a.7. Describe the appropriate management of different types of cranial & spinal trauma.
2.a.8. Classify different types of neuro-oncology & recognize its pathology, clinical presentation & management.
2.a.9. Recognize different types of developmental anomalies of the CNS & the vertebral column.
2.a.10. Classify different types of CNS infections.
2.a.11. Recognize the etiology, pathology, clinical presentation, complications, investigations, & treatment of the most common disorders of the spine & spinal cord.
2.a.12. Know the principles of the vascular neurosurgery.
2.a.13. Highlight the basic principles of the stereotactic neurosurgery.
2.a.14. Understand the basic principles, indications, complications of stereotactic radiosurgery.
2.a.15. Recognize the import procedures minimally invasive neurosurgery.
2.a.16.. Identify the basic knowledge about functional neurosurgery.
2.a.17. Recognize the basic principles, protocols, ethics of scientific research & its tools.
2.a.18. Identify ethical & legal rules & regulations in clinical practice, the scope and impact of human rights law on persons and groups as well as the medico-legal aspect of medical malpractice and common medical errors.
2.a.19. Know the requirements of the national code of ethics issued by the Egyptian Medical Syndicate.
2.a.20. Identify the Principles of quality in professional practice of neurosurgery& the organization of the Egyptian health care system, the importance of responsiveness to changes in healthcare policy.
2.a.21. Outline the basic issues for health & safety for the patients & the effect of practice & malpractice on the community & environment & its development.
2a22 . Discuss the normal structure and function of the human central and peripheral nervous system on the macro and micro levels.
2.a.23. Understand the normal growth and development of the brain.
2.a.24. Describe the abnormal structure, function, growth and development of the