Dr. Peter Fitgzerald is the Undergraduate Clerkship Coordinator. Under the leadership of Dr. Hollenberg, surgeons take an active role functioning in various capacities such as tutors, clinical skills preceptors, resource persons and elective supervisors in Undergraduate education. Both full-time and clinical faculty members of the Department continue to provide the major resources necessary to complete the Undergraduate M.D. curriculum. In concert with the Faculty's M.D. Committee, surgeons continue to work on formal learning resources, including the design of new paper problems and evaluatioon exercises.
Major input continues during the Surgical Clerkship program.
In the eight-week Clerkship, the students are expected to become familiar with fundamental surgical concepts and management strategies, as well as improve their skills in communications, the history and physical examination, and surgical techniques. Significant changes in the Clerkship have been implemented including both oral and written evaluation exercises, mini tutorials in surgical principles and a formal exit survey which serves as an evaluation tool for the teachers, as well as the programs. The clerks also attend weekly large group sessions related to specific subspecialty topics. Dr. Fitzgerald is assisted by the CTU Clerkship supervisors. Postgraduate Program Director of Surgical ResidencyTraining Programs Dr. Frank Baillie Coordination is provided at the Postgraduate level by Dr. Frank Baillie.