Plastic Surgery

Catalog description

The plastic surgery course is a clinical clerkship with responsibility for patient work up, operating room assistance and emergency room work. Students follow hospitalized patients and see patients in the outpatient setting as well. They participate in twice weekly conferences and are involved in suturing whenever possible. They are instructed in basic principles of wound and burn management, suturing techniques, skin grafts and skin/muscle flaps, hand surgery, craniofacial surgery and cosmetic surgery. They are encouraged to take call once a week.