Education YNSS; Hoz Mentorship; Mustafa Ismail , YNSS

SUMMARY: Mustafa Ismaili, who is graduating from Medical school to a Neurosurgery Residency in Baghdad, describes his experience with the Hoz Mentorship program in Baghdad, Iraq. Over 1000 medical school students (YNSS-Young Neurosurgeons and Students ) have attended this program in a  7 year period.  The Hoz Mentorship program provides YNSS with an opportunity to obtain a Residency position in various specialties by becoming involved in research, and clinical work with patients. This training, outside the medical school programs, is planned to make them more competitive for the highly desired positions to obtain a residency  position. The education program in Iraq is similar to that in most countries in the world, where competition for limited positions in each country is necessary to be able to select those who show their interest and achieve excellence to compete successfully for these available residency positions in different specialties. The Hoz program has been highly successful in providing a mentoring experience for YNSS, and a cooperative team experience in this voluntary educational program. The program stimulates these YNSS to become involved in laboratory experiments, surgical experience, and to research topics of clinical interest, all under Dr. Hoz' supervision. Many publications in journals and book chapters on interesting subjects for all neurosurgeons, come from this work by YNSS under Hoz' supervision in this mentorship program. Mustafa describes the program in detail for the viewer.

These SNI Digital YNSS videos are published for the YNSS and neurosurgeons involved in teaching globally as an example of what can be achieved with YNSS. The youth today worldwide represent the major portion of the population in LMIC and are the future of Medicine and Neurosurgery and other specialties.  By reviewing the videos in SNI Digital about the Hoz mentorship program, others can learn from the YNSS directly how this program operates and duplicate it. By combining this program with the SNI Digital Interactive Video learning system, more people worldwide can experience this successful education program, which can benefit YNSS and people in countries everywhere and ultimately benefit the healthcare of millions of people. That is the goal of SNI/SNI Digital , "Helping People Throughout the World". 

Speaker
  • James I. Ausman, MD, MA, PhD

    CEO SNI and SNI Digital; Emeritus Professor Neurosurgery

  • Jorge Lazareff, MD

    Emeritus Professor , UCLA Neurosurgery Los Angeles , USA; Argentina

  • Samer Hoz, MD

    Head Cerebrovascular Surgery, Neurosurgery Teaching Hospital Baghdad , Iraq

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  • A Hadi Al Khalilli, MD, FRCS, FACS, MPhil

    Former Chair, Department of Neurosurgery

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  • Mustafa Ismail, Neurosurgery Resident; Graduate

    University of Baghdad; College of Medicine

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  • Seyed Ali Khonsary, MD

    Neurosurgeon with International training, research and service in Iran, France, Sweden, USA; General neurosurgery; Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery; Expert in Neuroscience