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• CLERKSHIP
  • First things First
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  • Orientation
  • Suggested Reading
  • Patient Case Log
  • Lectures & Notes
  • Write ups & Lit Reviews
  • Knot Tying Course
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• ELECTIVES
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• EVALUATIONS
• FACULTY
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• SURGERY CAREER?

Lectures

Because hospital experiences and site patient populations differ greatly you are required to attend a series of reading seminars to level the playing field (Seattle sites only). Topics will encompass the most important surgical problems you will encounter in the future. Even with the reading seminar, however, in order to acquire enough cognitive information about surgery, it will be essential to read the text of your choice to assure that you have sufficient information to pass the final written examination. The reading you do should be completed prior to the seminars for maximum benefit.

The lecture schedule will be distributed on the first day of the clerkship. Please watch your email, as Anna will advise you of any changes that occur midstream.

›	Acute Abdomen	›	Hepatobiliary
›	Bowel Obstruction	›	Pediatric Surgery
›	Breast Disease	›	Peripheral Vascular
›	Cardiothoracic	›	Plastic Surgery
›	Endocrine / Melanoma	›	Shock, Resuscitation & Burns
›	GI Hemorrhage	›	Trauma
** The Lectures Online at right are provided by the School of Medicine as an additional resource. While some recorded lectures may not correspond directly to the most recent faculty lecture, content should be intact. The most current lecture notes are included in your orientation packet.

Topics to be covered at individual hospitals:

• Fluid and Electrolytes: Dr. Gary Mann (9.91mb pdf)
• Daily requirements, choice of fluids (composition of saline vs ringer's lactate) with risk and benefits of each, blood gas determinations, common acid base problems and their treatment (including examples of metabolic acidosis and alkalosis, and respiratory acidosis and alkalosis)
• Pre-operative assessment
• Cardiac risk: pre-op evaluation of patients with cardiac disease including angina, congestive heart failure, significance of previous myocardial infarction or previous cardiac surgery, activity level, need for medications
• Pulmonary risk: use of pulmonary function tests

Miscellaneous notes you may find helpful:

• Mgmt of Common Anorectal Conditions for Primary Care Providers PPT (40.5 MB)
• Suturing (373k PDF)
• HIV infection (132k PDF)
• UW Medical Student Wiki - Surgery Clerkship, student notes. Note: At this time, these notes have not been thoroughly reviewed for content by clerkship faculty. We do not endorse these files, but would like to make them available to you as a supplemental resource.