SURG 300 - Clinical Surgery

[342 Hours]

Students rotate through a nine week block, which consists of six weeks on general surgery and three weeks on surgical specialties. An additional three weeks is spent on CPE rotations. On the General Surgical rotation, students will spend six weeks at the Medical Center of Louisiana in New Orleans, Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge, University Medical Center in Lafayette or Kenner Regional Hospital. Ward rounds supervised by the teaching staff are held on each service. In addition, once-weekly students are assigned with their team to the surgical outpatient clinic where they are supervised by the teaching staff in the management of ambulatory surgical patients. Pre- and post-operative care and diagnosis are stressed. Experience in minor surgery also is provided at this time. During the block, students also have supervised experience with work on the wards, in the operating rooms and in the emergency room, where they are instructed in the managements of minor and major surgical emergencies. Weekly throughout the course, the class attends a conference conducted by the full time staff in which clinical clerks on ward services present selected patients for discussion of diagnosis and management. Other weekly conferences in which students participate are cardio-thoracic, trauma/critical care, peripheral-vascular, tumor and basic science discussions. During the surgical specialty block, the student will spend three weeks on a service selected from Plastics, Vascular, Oncology, Pediatric, Orthopedics, ENT, Urology and Cardiothoracic surgery. The core lecture series will cover all of the above specialties.