Time is concentrated on trauma and general plastic surgical care.
You spend one to two weeks in the microsurgical laboratory, honing your techniques so that you can participate in clinical microsurgical procedures. Three months are spent in Memorial Medical Center's 10-bed Regional Burn Center, learning acute burn care and rehabilitation. There also is a three-month period when you can concentrate on research. In the fifth year, your responsibility for patients in complex operative procedures is increased. As chief resident in the sixth year, your increased responsibilities include supervision of the residents and medical students as well as call schedules and coordinating educational conferences.