Surgery Clerkship

Faculty: Dr. Kevin N. Foster, Dr. Louis Ferrari, Dr. Arpana Jain, Dr. Marc Matthews, Dr. Michael Peck

Length of time: 4 weeks

Offered: August through May

Maximum enrollment: 1

Patient care elective: Yes

Pre-requisite: MS3

Goals:

• Become familiar with initial evaluation, resuscitation and treatment of all types of burns.
• Participate in daily patient critical care, including treatment of wounds and invasive monitoring.
• Participate in operative procedures to provide coverage for burn wounds.
• Participate in daily teaching rounds with faculty and residents.
• Attend and participate in burn clinic, which is held three times weekly and at which time 30 to 35 patients are seen per clinic.
• Participate in educational conferences, including electives and weekly formal Burn Grand Rounds.

Format: 
Will participate as a member of the burn team in patient resuscitation, initial management, ward rounds and conferences and operative care.

Evaluation Methods:
Will be evaluated by the directors based on clinical performance.

Faculty: Dr. Ross Goldberg, Dr. Paul Del Prado, Dr. Robert Dixon, Dr. Keith Paley, Dr. Adam Smith, Dr. Samuel Weimer

Length of time: 4 weeks; maximum length of 6 weeks

Offered: August through May

Maximum enrollment: 1

Patient care elective: Yes

Pre-requisite: MS3

Goals:

• To provide exposure to and increase understanding of surgical disease processes and their treatment.
• To develop the ability to diagnose patients presenting with surgical disease and outline a treatment plan appropriate for the disease.
• To develop skills for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, minor surgery and surgical assisting.

Format:

• The student will function at the sub-intern level, working with the residents and attendings of the Surgery service.
• The student will be given responsibilities commensurate with their education and abilities.
• The service will provide exposure to a wide variety of general and laparoscopic surgeries, as well as cholecystectomy, hernia surgery and gastrointestinal surgery.
• The student will be given the opportunity to scrub into the procedures as a member of the surgical team, participate in ward rounds, clinics, and all educational conferences and activities.

Evaluation Methods:

Will be evaluated by residents and faculty in daily work situations during teaching rounds and in didactic conferences. Students will be provided with counseling and written evaluation.

Faculty: Dr. Scott Swanson, Dr. Paul Zidel, Dr. Benjamin Wei

Length of Time: 4 weeks

Offered: August through May

Maximum enrollment: 1

Patient care-elective: Yes

Goals:
The student will learn how to address patient, perform examination, and devise and execute a care plan.

To provide exposure to and increase understanding of Hand anatomy, pathology and its treatment.

To develop ability to diagnose patients presenting Hand injuries and outline an appropriate treatment plan.

To develop skills for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, minor surgery and surgical assisting.

Format:

• The student will function at the sub-intern level, working with the Residents and Attendings of the Hand Surgery service.
• The student will be given responsibilities commensurate with their education and abilities.
• The service will provide exposure to a wide variety of Hand surgeries.
• The student will be given the opportunity to scrub into the procedures as a member of the surgical team, participate in ward rounds, clinics, and
  all educational conferences and activities.

Evaluation Methods:
Evaluation of each student will be issued a quiz pre and post rotation used as measure of self-evaluation by Dr. Wei. Each student’s performance will be
discussed during and at the completion of this clerkship.

Faculty: Dr. Iman Feiz-Erfan

Length of Time: 4 weeks

Offered: August through May

Maximum enrollment: 1

Patient care-elective: Yes

Goals:
The student will learn how to address patient, perform examination, and devise and execute a care plan.

To provide exposure to and increase understanding of Neurosurgical pathology and its treatment.

To develop ability to diagnose patients presenting Neurosurgical conditions and outline an appropriate treatment plan.

To develop skills for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, minor surgery and surgical assisting.

Format:

• The student will function at the sub-intern level, working with the Residents and Attendings of the Neurological Surgery service.
• The student will be given responsibilities commensurate with their education and abilities.
• The service will provide exposure to a wide variety of Neurological surgeries,  including trauma and oncology.
• The student will be given the opportunity to scrub into the procedures as a member of the surgical team, participate in ward rounds, clinics, and
  all educational conferences and activities.

Evaluation Methods:
Evaluation of each student will be issued at the end of the rotation. Each student’s performance will be discussed during and at the completion of this clerkship.

Faculty: Dr. Michael Guttenplan, Dr. Daren Kest

Length of time: 4 weeks

Offered: August through May

Maximum enrollment: 1

Patient care elective: Yes

Goals: 

The student will learn how to address patient, perform examination, and devise and execute a care plan.

To provide exposure to and increase understanding of Otolaryngology disease processes and their treatment.

To develop ability to diagnose patients presenting with Otolaryngology conditions and outline an appropriate treatment plan.

To develop skills for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, minor surgery and surgical assisting.

Format:

• The student will function at the sub-intern level, working with the residents and Attending’s of the Otolaryngology Surgery service.
• The student will be given responsibilities commensurate with their education and abilities.
• The service will provide exposure to a wide variety of otolaryngology surgeries.
• The student will be given the opportunity to scrub into the procedures as a member of the surgical team, participate in ward rounds, clinics, and
  all educational conferences and activities.

Evaluation Method:
Evaluation of each student will be issued at the end of the rotation. Each student’s performance will be discussed during and at the completion of this clerkship.

Faculty:  Dr. Eugene Sidoti, Dr. Elizabeth Ferguson, Dr. Salvatore Lettieri

Length of time: 4 weeks

Offered: August through May

Maximum enrollment: 1

Patient care elective: Yes

Pre-requisite: MS3

Goals: 
Introduce the student to the clinical practice of plastic and reconstructive surgery. This will be provided in a multi-specialty clinic setting where the emphasis is on patient care. Students will enhance their understanding of the principles of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Format:

• Students will evaluate the activities of the two surgeons involved, and the student will be assigned to what is deemed the most interesting and rewarding activities of the two surgeons.
• If there are other interesting activities during the rotation in some of the other surgical specialties, the student will be permitted to attend and observe these activities.
• A one-to-one direct teaching will be utilized.
• The student is required to live in the Phoenix metropolitan area during this period of time.
• The student will also be supervised and taught by senior level Plastic Surgery Residents who will be part of the evaluation process.

Evaluation Method:
Evaluation by the plastic surgeon on the usual form will be forwarded to the medical school.

Faculty: Dr. Thomas Wertin, Dr. Justin Chandler, Dr. Alexzandra Hollingworth, Dr. Owen McCabe, Dr. Paola Pieri, Dr. Sydney Vail

Length of time: 4 weeks

Offered: August through May

Maximum enrollment: 1

Patient care elective: Yes

Pre-requisite: MS3, successful completion of Surgery rotation

Goals:

The goal of this program is to provide the student with the opportunity to become familiar with an approach to the severely ill pre- and post-operative surgical patient.

Major emphasis will be placed on active daily involvement in diagnosis and management of SICU patients, allowing further understanding of multiple organ and major system dysfunction. In selected patients, opportunity will be provided (under faculty supervision) for refinement of technical and diagnostic skills, including placement of hemodynamic monitoring equipment with interpretation of resultant data, intubation, bronchoscopy and other endoscopic procedures.

Format:

Students will participate, under faculty supervision, in the management of surgical patients requiring intensive care. A variety of educational opportunities will be provided, including daily faculty rounds, supervised procedures, guided literature review and seminars. Direct faculty involvement and student interaction in patient care will be emphasized.

Evaluation Methods:

Evaluation of each student will be issued at the end of the rotation. Each student’s performance will be discussed during and at the completion of this clerkship.

Faculty: Dr. Thomas Wertin, Dr. Justin Chandler, Dr. Alexzandra Hollingworth, Dr. Owen McCabe, Dr. Paola Pieri, Dr. Sydney Vail

Length of time: 4 weeks

Offered: August through May

Maximum enrollment: 1

Patient care elective: Yes

Pre-requisite: Successful completion of MS2

Goals:

• Learn and identify the correct sequence of priorities to be followed in assessing a patient with multiple injuries.
• Identify and discuss key components and rationale for obtaining the patient’s history and history of trauma incidents.
• Learn guidelines and techniques to be used in the initial resuscitative and definitive care phase in the treatment of the trauma patient.

Format:

A clinical clerkship under the supervision of senior level house staff and surgical faculty.

Evaluation Methods: 

The evaluation methods include daily contact with the medical and nursing staff, allowing for ample opportunity to provide written evaluation of the student’s performance during the rotation.