SURG 450 - SURGERY MS 5 - PREPARING FOR JULY 1ST

[76 Hours]

This is a two week intensive course for preparation for the impending intern year. The course is geared specifically towards students about to begin internship in General Surgery and surgical specialties. The course is a multifaceted preparatory course, including; a lecture component including topics ranging from admission orders and how to discharge a patient to the workup of a patient in distress or how to take a call from a nurse to “Becoming a lifelong learner in surgery”; a practical portion including “placing tubes and lines,” “suturing 201” and “Driving camera for laparoscopy”, and a mock patient list for students to take care of the duration of the course. The mock patient list will include daily call duties and calls to patients from nurses. Night call will be a requirement for all students on service, and will include telephone calls on the mock patient list, with signout in the morning and night, and direct assessment of the quality of signout. Students can expect to complete the course with a better understanding of how to perform the day-to-day activities expected of a house officer or physician managing inpatients.