• Mohammad Ashraf and Naveed Ashraf.
• Glasgow Neuro Society, Wolfson School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Department of Neurosurgery, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Pakistan. Electronic address: mohammad_5676@hotmail.com.
• World Neurosurg. 2022 May 1; 161: 34-38.

BackgroundUndergraduate neurosurgery conferences are acknowledged to play an important role in bridging the gap between a limited exposure to neurosurgery within medical schools and a highly competitive application process. Hands-on workshops are attractive for any conference but can be prohibitively expensive, especially for student societies.MethodsWe describe our method to manufacture a low-cost skull model, which we used for a hands-on intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring workshop station at 2 international neurosurgical conferences. We describe the workflow for our ICP monitoring workshop using these models.ResultsOur model acts as an appropriate substitute for more professional simulators while adequately mimicking the sensation of skull drilling, dural puncture, and intraparenchymal ICP bolt and probe insertion. All tools and resources are accessible from local markets and can be sourced online. A total of GB£100 was spent making 5 skull models and took 2 hours to manufacture by 3 individuals. The ICP monitoring workshop was carried out 3 times over 40 minutes, with each session accommodating 18 or 19 delegates (N = 55).ConclusionsThese workshop models have been praised by medical students for increasing exposure and awareness toward neurosurgical procedures and the sophistication of investigations used by the specialty. Consultant neurosurgeons have praised the simulation provided by these models as closely mimicking the procedure in reality.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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