ENT Surgery Elective

Catalog description

Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. 2- or 4-week elective; familiarization with general surgical procedures; increase training in both pre and post-op care of general surgical patients and expansion of OR and procedural experience; experience in emergency surgical care; perform initial history and physical examination and plan initial workup of general surgical patients seen as an elective or emergency consultation; scrub in surgery, recognize anatomic structures, and know what procedure is indicated; become familiar with general surgical emergency situations, both inpatient and outpatient. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.