Sub-Internship

HSCB: Clinical experience in the surgical service at SUNY Downstate's University Hospital of Brooklyn and the Kings County Hospitals. More active participation and greater responsibility than during the required Clerkship. Student expected to participate in all conferences at both hospitals and participate in operative experience. Open to students who have completed the third year.

The student will have increased responsibilities and will be considered an integral part of the surgical team. Abundant clinical activity will be available as well as significant didactic teaching. Conferences include: morbidity and mortality conference, grand rounds, journal club, chief's rounds, vascular surgery conference, radiology conference, and trauma conference. Exposure to the surgical research laboratory with practical experience in the dog laboratory will also be made available to the student.

Procedure for Evaluation of Students: Participation and Observation, Clinical evaluation. 4.000 Credit hours

The goal of this course is to provide an understanding of the particular surgical problems in gastrointestinal surgery. Emphasis is placed on both-inpatient and out-patient services provided by office hours, clinics, ward rounds, and OR experience. Particular emphasis will be placed on complicated colorectal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeries.

Students will be encouraged to work on case reports or individual projects suitable for publication. The instructor's permission must be obtained before taking this elective.

Procedure for Evaluation of Students: Participation and Observation
Special permission is required to take this elective. 4.000 Credit hours

Levels: Doctor of Medicine

Schedule Types: Elective Surgery Department

Course Attributes: Elective

Two or four weeks clinical experiences in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) expose the student to problem-solving and patient management responsibility for the critically ill surgical patient. Emphasis is on fluid and electrolyte disorders, critical care drugs, respiratory physiology, ventilatory management, surgical nutrition, hemodynamic monitoring, and postoperative complications. Daily work and attending rounds, X-ray conferences and participation in procedures (arterial catheterization, endotracheal intubation, CVP and Swan-Ganz catheterization, and bronchoscopy). Twice weekly seminars to review pertinent topics (e.g. burns, shock, nutrition, sepsis, ARDS). Emphasis is placed on patient safety issues.

Procedure for Evaluation of Students: Written evaluation by senior resident or course director. 2.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours

Levels: Doctor of Medicine

Schedule Types: Elective

Clinical experience in the pediatric surgical service, including ward work, operative experience and experience in the pediatric surgical emergency.
room and clinics. Emphasis is placed on pre- and post-operative therapy in infants and children.

Procedure for Evaluation of Students: Participation and Observation. 2.000 TO 8.000 Credit hours

 

Levels: Doctor of Medicine

Schedule Types: Elective

Course Attributes: Elective

Clinical experience in solid organ transplantation surgery, including diagnosis, therapy, ward procedures, and special operative procedures. Students will participate in all conferences, operating sessions, ward rounds, outpatient clinics, patient evaluations, lectures and journal club meeting.

Procedure for Evaluation of Students: Participation and Observation, Fellow and faculty evaluations. 4.000 Credit hours

Levels: Doctor of Medicine

Schedule Types: Elective

Course Attributes: Elective

Inpatient trauma services and SICU. Emphasis on resuscitation and management. Includes didactic sessions. The Trauma Service runs the SICU. Resuscitation is coordinated with Emergency Medicine. Senior students participate in resuscitation, operative assistance, OPD evaluation as well as critical care management post-op. Ward rounds are once or twice weekly and a weekly conference is mandatory.

Senior students may be assigned more evening shifts to participate actively in trauma management rather than doing A.M. work rounds, etc.

Procedure for Evaluation of Students: Participation and Observation. Credit hours: 4.000

Levels: Doctor of Medicine

Schedule Types: Elective Surgery Department

Course Attributes: Elective

This is a Surgery research elective. Special permission is required. 2.000 TO 8.000 Credit hours

Levels: Doctor of Medicine

Course Attributes: Research, Surgery