Student involvement includes work-up and care of surgical patients. 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 involvement includes workup and care of surgical patients. Student works up one new and two return visit patients.
Presents consult to on-site faculty.
Weekly review with preceptor and course director. Reading assignments to add perspective for in-depth discussions. Student works as an extern on one of the two general surgery Trauma teams, participating in resuscitation and management of critically injured patients. Team hours consist of 24 hours on, and 24 hours off. Each student is closely supervised.