Sub-Internship: Acute Care and Trauma Surgery

The Trauma and Acute Care surgery elective at Boston Medical Center is clinical program with a strong focus on management of acute general surgical disease and the multimodal and multidisciplinary management of traumatic injury. The elective is four weeks in duration and is designed to develop the complex peri-, intra-, and post-operative decision making and basic open and laparoscopic surgical skills of the medical student. The goals of the elective include: 1. Provide exceptional care for surgical patients 2. Develop pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative management strategies in acute general surgical and traumatic surgical maladies 3. Develop an understanding of co-morbid medical conditions that can influence surgical decision making.