Clinical Clerkship in Surgery.

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SURG 741 . Clinical Clerkship in Surgery. (Third year.) PR: Required of third-year medical students. Clinical clerks are assigned responsibility for hospitalized surgical patients under supervision of house staff and attending surgeons. Students are an integral part of the team providing diagnostic and treatment services and are expected to take histories, perform physical examinations, and participate in ward and laboratory procedures. A course of surgical lectures, designed to outline surgical core curriculum, is given concurrently. The student is expected to attend the daily rounds and conferences arranged by the department.