General Surgery Advanced Clerkship - Virginia Mason

8 credits

Advanced clerkship designed to give fourth year medical students direct exposure to defined categories of general surgery. Students participate in the pre-op, intra-op, and post-operative care of surgical patients. Students also participate in outpatient clinc and perform initial consults and post-operative visits. Students work closely with resident physicians to provide primary care for post-operative inpatients. Prerequisite: required Surgery clerkship.