Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Advanced

Catalog description

This is an advanced 4-week elective that seeks to build on surgical knowledge, and experiences gained in the pre-clerkship and clerkship years. It may be used to build upon experience from the 2-week Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Introductory Elective. Students will be expected to serve at the level of a sub-intern. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the core principles, foundational knowledge, and essential skills relevant to the specialty through encounters with a diverse range of cases reflective of this specialty. Students will gain this experience through exposure to the entire spectrum of the specialty including craniofacial surgery, microsurgery, hand surgery, truck and lower extremity reconstruction, breast reconstruction and cosmetic surgery.