SURG311C

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Clerkship at the Burn Center

Surgery MED - School of Medicine

Course Description

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 2. DESCRIPTION: Students will provide integrated patient care, from critical care to OR to outpatient clinic. Students will experience acute, rehabilitative, and reconstructive phases of burn care. Students work directly with PGY2 and PGY3 residents from general and plastic surgery. This rotation is designed for students with career goals in general or plastic surgery, emergency medicine, or critical care (e.g., anesthesiology). However, students interested in primary care or pediatrics will benefit greatly from this experience. Direct surgical experience in the operating room is guaranteed. For visiting students, please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. PREREQUISITES: None. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full time for 4 weeks, 1 student per period (will consider 2). CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Clifford Sheckter, M.D., sheckter@stanford.edu. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Jovanah Bonilla at jovanah.bonilla@hhs.sccgov.org. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Please contact Clifford Sheckter, M.D. at sheckter@stanford.edu first, SCVMC, Plastic Surgery Office [Visitors must sign-in on the first day of rotation @ VSC Registration Desk 410]; Time: 8:00 am. CALL CODE: 2 - Taking call and weekend rounding will enhance the student's learning experience dramatically. It is left up to each student to decide if and how often they will take call. OTHER FACULTY: Y. Karanas. LOCATION: SCVMC.

Grading Basis

MED - Medical School +/-

Min

6

Max

6

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Clerkship

Enrollment Optional?

No

Programs

SURG311C is a completion requirement for: