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Dec 04, 2024
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2017-2018 School of Medicine Bulletin (Archived) [Archived Catalog]
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SURG D607 - Senior Surgery Clerkship
Credits: 4
A four-week, four-credit hour required clerkship in the fourth year. Students are offered a choice of two two-week-long rotations in the surgical specialties and academic and clinical experiences in anesthesia, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, and urology. Both office and hospital-based experiences permit the study of disease processes unique to each of the special areas of surgery, the techniques of diagnosis, the understanding of pathophysiology, and therapy. Management of ambulatory patients is emphasized. During this clerkship, students diagnose diseases particular to the selected surgical specialty and develop the techniques utilized for diagnosis. In addition, students learn to understand the pathophysiology and management of these disease processes, recognize indicated surgical therapy and expected results from the surgical procedures for these diseases, understand and decide when the patient should be evaluated by a surgical specialty related to the disease process, and understand the impact of surgical care on the patient and the family. Students complete a critical analysis for each rotation on a topic of interest.
Primary methods of instruction include clinical preceptorship, clinical correlations, and teaching rounds.
Modes of assessment include an internal final examination, clinical evaluations, and a review of the quality of the written paper by the course director.
Note: Restricted to medical students.
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