Preparing Residents to Navigate Neurosurgical Careers in the 21st Century: Implementation of a Yearlong Enhanced Didactics Curriculum

Organized neurosurgery excels in clinical and technical training for residents but lacks formalized training in crucial nonclinical areas, such as quality improvement and patient safety, machine learning/artificial intelligence, research infrastructure, and socioeconomics. Our formal curriculum focused on these topics, with positive resident engagement and feedback over the first six months. However, continuous longitudinal monitoring is needed to confirm the curriculum's efficacy. This program may guide other neurosurgery departments in enhancing resident education in these areas.