SURG338A

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 2. DESCRIPTION: Allows a student to function as surgical interns, but with reduced patient loads. This surgical sub-internship curriculum is designed to provide senior medical students with the skills and knowledge necessary to function as an intern. The curriculum focuses on practical skills, including wound care and bedside procedures, and intern-level floor management, from writing orders to managing pages from nurses. Students are assigned to one of the general surgery teams at Stanford Hospital. The student will be fully integrated to the service and expected to participate in all teaching conferences and grand rounds. The student will have meetings with the course director. The student must have successfully completed Surgery 300A or the equivalent. Note for visiting students: this course is principally directed at students who are seriously considering a surgical career. PREREQUISITES: SURG 300A, Surgery Core Clerkship. PERIODS AVAILABLE: Visiting students: Periods 1-4 only. Stanford students: Periods 1-4 and Period 12 (with Department of Surgery approval), full time for 4 weeks, 4 students per period. NOTES: *Enrollment is full-time for 4 weeks during each designated Period. *This clerkship cannot be repeated. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Khoa Thomas Pham, M.D., ASSOCIATE CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Cassie Sonntag, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATORS: Robert Strachan and Marisol Rueda, surgeryclerkship@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Students will be sent information by e-mail. CALL CODE: 3. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: SHC.