Advanced Surgery Clerkship

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. *Please note: Visiting students must obtain approval at surgeryclerkship@stanford.edu prior to applying for this clerkship. PREREQUISITES: Surgery 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 4 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTORS: Khoa Thomas Pham, M.D., tpham03@stanford.edu and Cara A. Liebert, M.D., cara.liebert@stanford.edu. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Robert Strachan, surgeryclerkship@stanford.edu, 650-498-6052. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Call Robert Strachan at 650-498-6052 at least two weeks prior; Students will be sent information by email; Time: TBA. CALL CODE: 3. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: SHC.