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SURGICAL SELECTIVES: INTRODUCTION
Overall Objectives
The objective of the fourth-year surgical selectives is to provide additional exposure in surgery not gained in the third-year clerkship. The intent is to allow students to pursue areas of interest, expand their knowledge, to further strengthen existing interests areas of personal interest and to foster future interest in the fields of surgery and anesthesiology.
During a 1-month time, students will be exposed to the mandatory 2-week rotation in anesthesiology. During the other 2 weeks, the student will have the opportunity to choose from several elective courses. Although not designed to provide in-depth training, the courses offered during this month should provide students with a foundation of knowledge adequate to reach the objectives set forth above. Regardless of each student's chosen upcoming residency and ultimate career, this 1-month rotation can prove an invaluable resource for future training.
Schedule
Anesthesiology: 2 weeks
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Selective choice: 2 weeks
l Breast Surgery
l Cardiothoracic Surgery
l Head and Neck Oncology
l Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (ENT)
l Pediatric Surgery
l Plastic Surgery
l SICU
l Surgical Oncology
l Trauma Surgery
l Urology
l Vascular Surgery
l Winthrop–University,
Colorectal/Surgical Oncology
In general, the selectives will be limited to two students per rotation. These numbers are rather inflexible due to the capacity of each clinical service. The selectives start on the first Monday of the month and run for exactly 4 weeks; the schedule can be found in C-Base.
Grading
Each rotation has its own grading policy, most of which are based on clinical performance. Inherent in those policies is attendance. Students must show up in order to be evaluated on a continual basis. Each student is given an evaluation form that must be handed to his/her rotation preceptor at the end of each 2-week course. This will be mailed (confidentially) back to Dr. Merriam who will record the grade.
