Eight-week general surgery clerkship includes GI, Burn, Oncology, Plastics, Vascular Cardiothoracic, Consult, Transplant and Trauma. Daily core material presentations and reading assignments. Four-week general surgery clerkship which may include GI, Burn, Oncology, Plastics, Vascular, Cardiothoracic, Consult, Transplant and Trauma. Daily core material presentations and reading assignments. Student works up one new and two return visit patients.
Presents consult to on-site faculty.
Weekly review with preceptor and course director. Externship in the eight-bed Burn Unit, and the 80 bed Shriners Hospital for Children. Student works as an extern on one of the two general surgery Trauma teams, participating in resuscitation and management of critically injured patients. Each student is closely supervised. Student participates with University residents on the teaching services at Kaiser Hospital, Sacramento.