An eight-week senior clerkship on the surgical wards. Experience will be gained in the clinical management of General Surgery patients. Students may spend four of their eight weeks working on other than General Surgery wards selective. Opportunities available are in Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Intensive Care, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Urology. During the clerkship students undertake a responsible role in the care of patients, they gain operating room experience and participate in teaching rounds, seminars, lectures and out patient clinics.
GRADUATE COURSESDepartment of Surgery, College of Graduate Studies & Research
Seminars deal with general and orthopaedic surgery, and Surgical Grand Rounds from September 1 to June 30 in order to provide a clinical orientation to the student's experimental work and study of the basic sciences. Written and oral examinations are held at the end of the course.
Each student is required to prepare work for this. A study of both basic science as applied to general surgery and the fundamentals of surgical disease processes is made.
Seminars dealing with Orthopaedic Surgery. A study is made of basic sciences, including Anatomy, Physiology, and Biochemistry as applied to Orthopaedic Surgery. A study of both basic science and clinical aspects of musculoskeletal disease. A presentation of orthopaedic clinical material with discussion of the fundamental principles involved. Each student assists in the preparation of material for presentation.