SURGERY INTERNSHIP PREPARATION
High-yield topics that a surgery intern should know to start of residency. Routine communication skills needed in residency, including writing comprehensive orders and effectively handing off patients. Communication and teamwork skills with healthcare team members. Communication and interpersonal skills in difficult situations, including obtaining informed consent, talking with parents of patients who choose to decline recommended management options, and disclosing complications. Common pediatric skills, including IV placement, umbilical line placement, defibrillation, airway management, lumbar puncture, and suturing. Based on the national Educational Curriculum that was developed by the American College of Surgeons, American Program Director Society, and the Association for Surgical Education, which focuses on focused on essential skills for medical students and PGY-1 residents to successfully navigate the first year of surgical residency.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MED SC-M 810 , 811 , 812 , and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Write comprehensive admit, transfer, and discharge orders for surgical patients. Audience: Graduate 2. Manage common electrolyte abnormalities in the surgical patient. Audience: Graduate 3. Interpret common ancillary testing in the surgical patient (imaging, EKG, labs). Audience: Graduate 4. Assess and intervene on basic perioperative situations in the surgical patient. Audience: Graduate 5. Safely function in the role of first responder to an urgent patient situation. Audience: Graduate 6. Use universal precautions and maintain sterility appropriately. Audience: Graduate 7. Master the bedside procedures and minor procedures covered in the course. Audience: Graduate 8. Suture and tie knots using basic techniques. Audience: Graduate 9. Describe the basics of wound care and management. Audience: Graduate 10. Prepare for participation in the operating room. Audience: Graduate 11. Identify key professional and unprofessional behavioral traits in surgical trainees. Audience: Graduate 12. Develop strategies for addressing professionally challenging situations in surgical residency. Audience: Graduate 13. Delineate negative connotations of communication failures. Audience: Graduate 14. Disclose complications to patients appropriately. Audience: Graduate 15. Effectively interact and communicate with all members of the health care team. Audience: Graduate 16. Effectively hand off patient information during transitions of care. Audience: Graduate 17. Identify the basic components of documentation within an EHR. Audience: Graduate 18. Appropriately communicate to patients in the informed consent process. Audience: Graduate 19. Identify an effective strategy for self-directed learning and maintaining work life balance. Audience: Graduate 20. Report and reflect on all patient complications for performance improvement. Audience: Graduate 21. Apply existing knowledge base to clinical situations, including when gaps exist and one should solicit help. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Write comprehensive admit, transfer, and discharge orders for surgical patients. Audience: Graduate 2. Manage common electrolyte abnormalities in the surgical patient. Audience: Graduate 3. Interpret common ancillary testing in the surgical patient (imaging, EKG, labs). Audience: Graduate 4. Assess and intervene on basic perioperative situations in the surgical patient. Audience: Graduate 5. Safely function in the role of first responder to an urgent patient situation. Audience: Graduate 6. Use universal precautions and maintain sterility appropriately. Audience: Graduate 7. Master the bedside procedures and minor procedures covered in the course. Audience: Graduate 8. Suture and tie knots using basic techniques. Audience: Graduate 9. Describe the basics of wound care and management. Audience: Graduate 10. Prepare for participation in the operating room. Audience: Graduate 11. Identify key professional and unprofessional behavioral traits in surgical trainees. Audience: Graduate 12. Develop strategies for addressing professionally challenging situations in surgical residency. Audience: Graduate 13. Delineate negative connotations of communication failures. Audience: Graduate 14. Disclose complications to patients appropriately. Audience: Graduate 15. Effectively interact and communicate with all members of the health care team. Audience: Graduate 16. Effectively hand off patient information during transitions of care. Audience: Graduate 17. Identify the basic components of documentation within an EHR. Audience: Graduate 18. Appropriately communicate to patients in the informed consent process. Audience: Graduate 19. Identify an effective strategy for self-directed learning and maintaining work life balance. Audience: Graduate 20. Report and reflect on all patient complications for performance improvement. Audience: Graduate 21. Apply existing knowledge base to clinical situations, including when gaps exist and one should solicit help. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027