SURG 710N Surgical Nutrition

Credits: 2
Students will spend 5-10 hours per week of discussion/didactic sessions with faculty plus 20-30 hours per week of clinical responsibilities. (They will average 35 hours a week.) Students will be expected to take overnight call on a schedule determined by faculty availability. Student responsibilities include working up patients, participating in operations, and postoperative care rounds with surgical, wound care, nutritional, and multidisciplinary teams. Didactics and discussions will focus on topics and literature relevant to surgical nutrition. In clinical duties, special emphasis will be placed on care of patients with special nutritional needs. At the completions of the rotation, students should be able to design and implement a plan for nutrition management for a patient throughout the course of their surgical condition.

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