MDCM 802 Surgery
The clinical clerkship in Surgery provides medical students with experience in general and trauma surgery in both inpatient and ambulatory care settings. Students have the opportunity to develop an understanding of the scientific basis of diseases and disorders requiring surgical intervention, and to develop skills in recognizing and managing surgical diseases. Students perform assessments, develop differential diagnoses, participate in preoperative care, operative procedures, outpatient surgery clinics, evaluation of normal and complicated postoperative recovery. Throughout this experience, students are expected to develop competency in in ethical decision-making, applying evidence-based medicine, communicating with patients and families and working effectively as members of interprofessional health care teams.
Distribution
8-0-8Offered
Fall