Surgery Rotation

Catalog description

This 5-week rotation provides the PA student with practical clinical experience in diagnosis, evaluation, and management of pre-operative, operative, and post-operative adult surgical patients. Students participate in the medical and surgical management of surgical inpatients during the pre-operative phase, intra-operative phase in the operating room, and post-operative phase while the patient remains admitted as an inpatient. Students are to gain practical clinical experience with surgical patients experiencing emergent, acute, and chronic surgical conditions. Students will engage with their patients by providing preventative medicine guidance, including health counseling in the preoperative and postoperative phases.