Patient Case Log
Students are expected to attend each of the lectures, and are asked to maintain a Patient Case Log (.pdf) indicating that they have directly participated in the care of a patient in each category (clinic, ER, or consult evaluation, directly caring for a patient on the wards, or scrubbing into the case in the operating room). Because different clerkship sites have varied offerings in terms of case experience, web-based case scenarios will be offered for each category. Students will be expected to complete the case scenarios by the last week of their clerkship for those categories in which they have not been involved in direct patient care.
Student case logs will be turned in at the end of the clerkship to the clerkship coordinator, indicating that they have either participated in the care of a patient in each category, or completed the relevant web-based case scenario.
| Acute Abdomen | Small intestine and appendix #1 colorectal #4 |
| Bowel Obstruction | Small intestine and appendix #4 |
| Breast Disease | Breast #2 & #4 |
| Cardiac and Thoracic disease | None assigned |
| Endocrine Disease | Surgical endocrinology #1 & #4 |
| GI Hemorrhage | Esophagus, stomach, and duodenum #5 Colorectal #7 |
| Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease | Biliary tract #2 Pancreas #4 |
| Pediatric Surgery | #1 & #2 |
| Peripheral Vascular | Vascular surgery #3 & #8 |
| Plastic Surgery | None assigned |
| Shock, Trauma & Burns | Trauma #3 Burns and critical care #1 |
The Virtual Patient: Self-directed Study Guide in Surgery
updated 11/07