Surgery Clerkship

Catalog description

The Surgery Core Clerkship provides medical students with comprehensive exposure to various surgical experiences. Students will be assigned to hospital-based operative rooms, medical/surgical units, post-operative care, and surgical trauma intensive care units (STICU). They will participate in a range of general surgery inpatient procedures and patient management. The clerkship includes on-call shifts to teach the management of emergent surgical diseases. Students are expected to attend academic surgical conferences, complete assigned readings, and participate in evaluations based on clinical observations, interactions with the Clerkship Director, standardized patient encounters, and bioskills assessments. By the end of the clerkship, students should have a fundamental understanding of common surgical diseases, be proficient in identifying patients needing surgical referral, and be comfortable with sterile technique and basic suturing. Optional experiences, such as attending a breast clinic to learn about outpatient management and breast disease, are also available.