Surgery Sub-Internship

Catalog description

The surgical sub-internship in surgery is meant to give the student who is interested in surgery a more in-depth experience in surgery. The student will take on the responsibilities of a first-year resident. In this capacity, they will see consults in the emergency room and on the floor, manage patients that have been admitted to the service, and assist in the operating room. This rotation introduces the student to general surgical principles including pre-op evaluation, intra-op decision making and post-op care. Students will deal with surgical illness, surgical critical care and non-operative care of the critically ill. Students should become “experts on the abdomen.” This course may be repeated with different preceptors to obtain additional clinical exposure.