SURG 709V General Surgery - VAMC

Credits: 6
This is a four-week course in general surgery. The VA rotation offers exposure to a wide variety of surgeries and surgical diseases, including surgical oncology, vascular, foregut, biliary, colorectal, minimally invasive, and general surgery. Students will be fully participating members of a team in preoperative and postoperative care, in both inpatient and ambulatory settings, evaluate consults from ED or other services, and assist in surgery and wound care. Students who want to experience a practicing role and responsibilities in ensuring patient care value the VA experience. In addition, you will gain experience evaluating complex patients with significant medical co-morbidities. You should be able to design and implement patient care plans, write orders and give patient presentations. You will be participating in twice weekly student and resident education conferences as well as weekly pre-operative indications conferences. After completing this rotation, you should have an in-depth knowledge of a broad range of surgical diseases and their management.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit