Surgery Elective Course Description
| Course Name: | Endocrine Surgery |
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| Course Number: | SU-459 |
| Elective Type: | A |
| Coordinator(s): | Contact: Cindy LeBlanc Cynthia.Leblanc@umassmed.edu |
| Department: | Surgery |
| Sites Available: | UMMHC-University Campus & Affiliated Sites |
| Months Offered: | M1-M11 |
| Number of Students / Month: | Variable |
| Prerequisites: | 4th year medical student |
| Elective Description: The student will select a single Attending surgeon to work with in a specific specialty. The student will accompany the Attending in clinic, as well as during in-patient care. The elective is continuum of the third year clerkship with increased responsibility in preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative surgical care. The student may participate in on-going housestaff activities including admission work-ups, night call, emergency and operating experience. Responsibilities of the student will be assigned by the Attending. These would involve doing histories and physicals on patients and under supervision, ordering specific investigations and participating in the patient’s total care. The student will get a broad exposure to procedures in that specialty. The student will be encourage to prepare at least one presentation during the rotation. Evaluation will be done by the Attending surgeon and by residents rotating on that Attending’s team if appropriate. The student will be encourage to function at the level of an intern. | |
| Note: NA | |
| Location: UMMHC-University Campus & Affiliated Sites | |
| Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/surgery/ | |