Honors Surgery

Catalog description

This is a four-week course creating an intense and comprehensive surgical experience. This course will be limited to 4th year medical students. Such students will be chosen/accepted to this course based on high evaluations during their core surgery rotations and have demonstrated an aptitude and interest in a surgical career. The course will consist of the following: Dedicated lectures by selected faculty, which will encompass topics including surgical diseases, innovative surgical procedures, introduction to academic research, career planning and litigation issues; student presentations on specific surgical issues and procedures; dedicated simulation training including “Intern BootCamp” that Tulane surgical interns currently undergo; an introductory course and simulation training on the DaVinci Surgical Robotic system by residents and faculty; an animal lab over two/three days where the students will perform surgical procedures themselves with supervision and feedback; individual time to meet and discuss career goals, resume/personal statement review and interview preparation with faculty members. The overall goal is to help prepare these students to become outstanding interns at the start of their surgical residency. The course will be Pass/Fail, and students may use this to help strengthen their residency applications by stating they were chosen for, and passed the Tulane Honors Surgery Course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.