Surgical Specialties Capstone

Catalog description

This elective is designed to serve as a capstone experience for any student about to embark on a career in a surgical area. The elective will cover areas common to all areas of surgical care and expose the student to situations and experiences that will prepare them for the transition from undergraduate to graduate medical education. Faculty from multiple surgical specialties will staff the elective. It will include laboratory and surgical suite experiences as well as didactic and small group discussions. The elective will also share some common experiences with the other capstone offerings in primary care and academic medicine and as such will include more detailed experiences in evidence based medicine, managing a resident team, time management and other common topics.