Hand Surgery 2-Week

(2 Credits)

This is an introductory 2-week elective that seeks to introduce the student to the field of Hand Surgery. As an introductory elective, the student will gain a deeper understanding of the core principles, foundational knowledge, and essential skills relevant to the specialty through encounters with a diverse range of cases reflective of this specialty. Students will be exposed to operating room procedures, emergency room diagnosis and treatment, outpatient clinical evaluation of patients, care and evaluation of in-house patients and the varying didactic programs of the department. Each student will be assigned a faculty mentor and work on the Plastic Surgery Service at NYU Langone Hospital- Brooklyn.