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Surgery (SURG) Courses

Academic Unit: Surgery

SURG 7502 - Externship in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

(2 cr [max 6]; Prereq-7500; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)

This service provides the student with direct bedside experience and opportunities to apply the principles of physiology, biochemistry, and metabolism to critically ill and injured patients. Required reading: Abrams and Cerra, Essentials of Surgical Critical Care, Quality Medical Publishers, 1993.

SURG 7503 - Surgery Research

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

The student will participate in a research experience designed around a specific topic, arranged on an individual basis by the Course Instructor with staff members in the Department of Surgery.

SURG 7504 - Externship in Hospital-based Nutrition

(3 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)

This multidisciplinary patient care service is designed to provide one student with direct experience in hospital-based parenteral and enteral nutrition.

SURG 7509 - Acting Internship in Burn Surgery

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

The student is exposed to all aspects of burn care including small outpatient burns as well as massive life-threatening burns.

SURG 7510 - Acting Internship in Surgery

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Instruction and advanced experience in surgery and its components. Students participate in patient care at level similar to first-year intern. Students work with a team in general/vascular surgery, surgical oncology/colorectal, or MIS/thoracic/foregut under faculty supervision and participate in the care of patients, in the operating room, and in clinics. Students take call on assigned service.

SURG 7511 - Advanced Surgery Externship (Subinternship) at VA Medical Center

(3 cr [max 6]; Prereq-7500, dept consent; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Instruction/experience in surgery and its components. Students participate directly in patient care at a level of responsibility exceeding that given to beginning students. Students work under direct supervision of faculty and participate fully with surgical team on assigned service in care of hospitalized patients, in operating room, and in clinics.

SURG 7515 - Acting Internship in Vascular Surgery

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

This course will provide instruction and advanced experience in vascular surgery for the student who has completed a basic internship or clerkship in surgery. Students taking this course can expect to participate directly in patient care at a level of responsibility that is similar to a first year intern. The student will work with their assigned team under the supervision of the faculty and will participate fully in the care of patients on the hospital wards and in the ICUs, operating room, and clinics.

SURG 7522 - Acting Internship in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

The student is exposed to the full spectrum of plastic and reconstructive problems while on the rotation.

SURG 7523 - Acting Internship in Colon & Rectal Surgery

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Each student has the opportunity to become adept in the use of the sigmoidoscope as well as performing various outpatient anorectal procedures.

SURG 7524 - Externship in Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery

(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Surgery clinic. Operating room experience. Surgical pathology review.

SURG 7525 - Acting Internship in Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Students will have the opportunity to become involved in the evaluation and management of patients with cardiac and thoracic surgical diseases. They will be incorporated at the level of a sub-intern on very busy clinical services. They will attend teaching conferences in addition to clinical duties. They may first or second-assist on routine thoracic cases and second assist on some cardiac surgeries.

SURG 7526 - Acting Internship in Pediatric Surgery

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Students participate in all aspects of patient care. Initial evaluation, detailed history, physical exams, initiation/evaluation of diagnostic laboratory/radiologic testing. Formulating plans of resuscitation and patient care. Students also participate in outpatient clinics.

SURG 7550 - Essentials of Surgery Clerkship

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Equivalent courses: INMD 7204 (starting 08-MAY-17), INMD 7120, INMD 7311 (inactive, starting 10-AUG-15), INMD 7121 (inactive), INMD 7236, SURG 7500 (inactive, starting 08-AUG-16), INMD 7361, INMD 7431 (inactive), INMD 7213 (starting 11-MAY-15), SURG 7520 (inactive), INMD 7111 (inactive), SURG 7521 (inactive), INMD 7324, INMD 7229, INMD 7411 (inactive, starting 11-MAY-15), INMD 7711, INMD 7424, INMD 7351 (inactive)

Required 4-week clinical Clerkship. Designed to provide the learner with a multidisciplinary experience in approaching surgical disease and surgical decision-making.

SURG 7551 - General Surgery Subspecialty Elective

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Students interested in general surgery subspecialties will have the opportunity to care for patients with surgical disease processes and aid in both discernment and preparation for surgical acting internships

SURG 7552 - Surgical Subspecialty Elective

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Students will spend 4 weeks on surgical subspecialty services. This may be a 4 week experience on 1 subspecialty or two 2 week experiences, depending on the site. Clinic, consultation service and OR experiences will be available.

SURG 7560 - Introduction to Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery

(2 cr [max 4]; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: SURG 7561, SURG 7562

Students will spend 4 weeks on cardiovascular surgery services. Clinic, consultation service, and OR experiences will be available.

SURG 7561 - Introduction to Plastic Surgery

(2 cr [max 4]; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: SURG 7560, SURG 7562

By the completion of the rotation, students will be able to evaluate plastic surgery patients, participate in the operative procedure, and recognize post operative complications.

SURG 7562 - Introduction to Vascular Surgery

(2 cr [max 4]; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: SURG 7560, SURG 7561

Students will spend 4 weeks on vascular surgery services. Clinic, consultation service, and OR experiences will be available.

SURG 8200 - Clinical Surgical Problems in Management

(3 cr; Prereq-Grad surg major; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Diagnostic and management instruction in all phases of clinical surgery, inpatient and outpatient.

SURG 8201 - Surgery Roentgenological Pathology Conference

(1 cr; Prereq-Grad surg major; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Weekly review of surgical patients presenting interesting roentgen and pathological findings. Staff from the Departments of Surgery, Radiology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. Basic science and management principles of the surgical patient.

SURG 8202 - Surgical Research

(3 cr; Prereq-Grad surg major; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Graduate students undertake original investigation of problems in either experimental or clinical surgery.

SURG 8203 - Surgery Complications and Research Conference

(1 cr; Prereq-Grad surg major; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Evaluation of surgical patients, including postoperative course. Discussion and critical evaluation of current research problems.

SURG 8207 - Transplantation Conference

(1 cr; Prereq-Grad surg major; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Interdepartmental discussion and evaluation of current clinical and research problems.

SURG 8293 - Applied Statistics

(1 cr; Prereq-Grad student in [surgery or experimental surgery or health sciences] or; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Interactive computer course. Concepts of applied statistics. Examples, problem sets based on surgical research. How to independently set up appropriate experiments and perform basic descriptive/inferential analysis.

SURG 8333 - FTE: Master's

(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)

(No description)

SURG 8444 - FTE: Doctoral

(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)

(No description)

SURG 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits

(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

TBD

SURG 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's

(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)

(No description)

SURG 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral

(1 cr [max 24]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)

(No description)

SURG 8990 - Topics in Pancreatology

(1 cr [max 4]; A-F only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)

Presentations and discussion of translation of bench to bedside research in Pancreatology.

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