title: "Magister neurochirurgiae": A 3-year 'crash course' or a 5-year 'punctilious pedagogy'?
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Vilanilam
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Easwer
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Girish R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharastra, India.
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karmarkar
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000193:education*