Clinical Medicine Rotation: General Surgery

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(General Surgery): This clinical year course will enable the student to increase their knowledge and clinical skills in a focused clinical environment, General Surgery. As a clinical practice course, it is designed to ensure students increase their medical knowledge of surgical etiquette, techniques, and patient candidacy for elective procedures through self-directed study. Clinical practice will be used to improve differential development, history taking, focused physical examinations, diagnostic investigations and accuracy, treatment, and surgical skills (including pre- and postoperative care) consistent with practice demands and within professional scope of care unique to general surgery. Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Physician Associate Program. Co-requisites: PAS 662 , PAS 684, PAS 686 , PAS 691 , PAS 693 .