Specialist Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1. 1 Credit Hour

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Students at the PGY4 level in the OMS residency training program will rotate in General Surgery, Anesthesia and Otolaryngology at an intern level. Residents participating in these rotations are treated like all medical or surgical residents of the same level. Assignments are consecutive. One anesthesia month is dedicated to pediatric anesthesia service or ambulatory pediatric anesthesia. Residents will complete monthly rotations on surgical services that have been designed to capitalize on the true broad-spectrum general surgery practice including Surgical Oncology, ENT, CT Surgery, Trauma, VA Blue and SICU. All rotations will be performed at University Hospital and VA Hospital in San Antonio, TX. These rotations meet the accreditation standards set out by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and are a requirement to advance to the next year (4-3.1, 4-3.2 and 4-3.3). Prerequisites: Successful completion of levels PGY1-PGY3 of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training program.