WELCOME TO THE GENERAL SURGICAL MEDICAL STUDENT ROTATION

General Overview - Welcome aboard! It is our expectation that this rotation will be both enjoyable and educational.  For 3rd year AOA medical students this will be 12 week rotation in which you will rotate on general surgical services to gain the broadest experience possible. The residents, faculty and staff will work hard to fulfill our objectives for this rotation

Expectations - Surgery in general has one major rule: IT IS TEAM ORIENTED and therefore it will be important for you to integrate and become an active member of the team.  This can at times, feel like a very difficult task, since the surgical services are always very busy, and the student's roles may be confusing. The most useful tools to help with this acclimation will be the "Medical Student Handbooks" (links are located at the right).  It is the expectation that you will read the material on these pages and be familiar with it BEFORE you rotate on a service.  This will make it easier for the residents to interact with each of you and will give you a point of orientation for you to start to become an important team member.

Evaluation - This is a clinical rotation.  Therefore you evaluation will be based mostly on your clinical performance on a daily basis.  Each student will have at least one presentation to prepare and present at the Friday morning conference and this will be included in the overall evaluation.  Dr. Vernenkar also conducts exit interviews with each of the medical students.  We will also ask that each of you evaluate the rotation.

Contacts: Surgical Office - 718-960-6127

• General Surgery Medical Student Rotation Orientation (a general overview of the rotation with information on writing orders, op notes etc)

	The General Surgery/Trauma Progress Note
	Surgical Medical Student Rotation Evaluation Form

• The General Surgical Handbook

• General Surgery Medical Student Orientation to the OR  (basic material on what to expect when you go to the OR for the first time)

	Video on how to put on sterile gloves
	Video on how to scrub your hand/arms in preparation for the OR
	Video on how to gown properly

The Two Handed Knot Tie

• Basic Procedures for the Medical Student

  • THE PROCEDURE LOG  RECORD

  Medical Students starting on the Surgical Rotation will be required to keep a logbook of the procedures that they do during their rotation

  • Starting an IV

  • Drawing Blood

  • The Basics of Putting in an Nasal Gastric Tube

  • The Breast Exam – The Basics for Medical Student

  • The Rectal Exam – The What and the Why and the How

   

• The Basics of Putting in a Foley Catheter

• The Basics of Incision and Drainage of a Wound or Abscess

• EDUCATION

• Monthly Educational Surgery Schedule

• Clinical Pathway (User must be in the facility to view this page)

• Surgical Critical Care

• Medical Student Presentations - most recent presentations:

• Compartment Syndrome

• Hereditary Polyposis

• Peripheral Vascular Disease

• Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

• Intestinal Malrotation

• Thyroid Cancer

• Clinical Videos (User must be in the facility to view this page)

• THE SURGICAL MEDICAL STUDENT BULLETIN BOARD

• Med Student Photos and Events (coming soon)