SURG 300A. Surgery Core Clerkship (SUMC, PAVAMC, SCVMC, KPMC)
Closed to Visitors
Department
Surgery
Courses Clerkships
Description
Provides students with clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of a wide variety of surgical diseases. Emphasis is placed on teaching students to recognize and manage basic clinical problems. Students function as active members of the surgical team, and follow patients throughout their in-patient course. Outpatient clinics provide the student with the ability to participate in the initial work-up and care plan of peri-operative patients. Basic surgical skills are taught in the operating room, in the emergency department setting, and in the Goodman Surgical Education Center. The clerkship offers an opportunity for students to integrate their knowledge of anatomy, physiology and physical diagnosis into a treatment plan for patients with surgical diseases. A blended learning curriculum is in place for all students at all sites. It combines case discussions with video pre-session material and related skills sessions. This curriculum covers the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases and principles of surgical management. A required textbook will be provided. Each student spends one four-week rotation at Stanford, the VA, Kaiser, or SCVMC. The remaining four weeks will be spent rotating on two different Surgical Subspecialties – Breast Service, Cardio-vascular, ENT, Plastic Surgery/Hand Surgery, Cardio-thoracic, Transplant, Trauma, Urology, or Vascular. A 1/2 day orientation is held at the beginning of the eight week period. The NBME Subject Exam is a required component of the clerkship.
Prerequisites
INDE 206.
Periods Available
1-12, full-time for eight weeks. 18 students per period.
Reporting Instructions:
Students will be sent information by e-mail.
Units 12 Drop
Code T Call
Code 4
Director:
James Lau, M.D. (650-724-6490).
Other Faculty
Staff
Coordinator
Karen Cockerill (650-498-6052), Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, 300 Pasteur Drive, H3645.
