Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students interested in trauma and acute care surgery with further experience in the emergency department and the operating room. The course emphasizes patient care in the areas of trauma and emergency general surgery. Students will be able to assist and observe the triage and resuscitation of leveled trauma patients in the emergency department, operative care of patients with multi-system trauma injuries, operative care of patients with acute surgical problems, and participate in overall patient care of these critically ill patients. Students will work closely with attendings, fellows, residents, and PA/NPs to care for our patient's in a multi-disciplinary manner. Operative exposures vary but will be numerous during the course. Other educational opportunities will include M/W/F multidisciplinary rounds, 7:00am morning report, and Thursday morning trauma lecture educational series. Students will work alongside residents with a 6:00am-6:00pm shifts plus sign out. Students are encouraged to consider participating with night call from 6:00pm-6:00am at some time during the rotation. Students will be expected to participate and present educational topics during our weekly trauma educational series. Credit: 1. Enrollment: max 1. Please report to the general surgery resident workspace on Duke North 2100 at 6:00am. You will meet and work closely with the trauma chief. Attendings rotate weekly and residents rotate monthly but the trauma chief will help facilitate your first day. For more information and to confirm meeting location and time, please contact: Dr. Cory Vatsaas via email, [email protected]. Cory Vatsaas, MD