Clinical Elective in Surgery

1–6 credits · Medicine

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Provides an opportunity for a student in the clinical years to have an individualized clinical experience in one of the fields of Surgery. It is not a standard sub-internship. The quality and duration of the elective will be decided collaboratively by a student and their identified Stanford Department of Surgery faculty preceptor. NOTES: This course is open to Stanford and visiting students- both domestic and international with department approval on a space available basis. A faculty and student individualized clinical experience plan must be submitted to surgeryclerkship@stanford.edu for course director review and approval. Approved Stanford students may contact Caroline Cheang (cheang@stanford.edu ) in the Registrar's Offie with the faculty preceptor's name and email address to add this clerkship. Approved Visiting students can proceed with an application. PREREQUISITES: None. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full time for 4 weeks, 4 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Khoa Thomas Pham, M.D., 650-498-5689. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Robert Strachan, surgeryclerkship@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: TBA (designated faculty preceptor); Time: TBA. CALL CODE: 2. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: SUMC, LPCH, PAVAMC, SCVMC.