Course Director: Dr. Jory Simpson
Course Duration: 8 weeks

This 8-week course commences with a 2-day centralized program, “Prelude to Surgery,” which provides an orientation and introduction to important surgical topics. Learners then rotate through two 3-week sub-rotations, one in General Surgery and the other in a surgery specialty they selected. Students become active members of a surgical team and contribute to the admissions and daily patient care. They are expected to attend the operating room and the clinic/office of surgical faculty. The on-call schedule is one night in four with General Surgery being in-house but may vary based on site. Subspecialty call is also approximately one in four nights. On call provides learners with the opportunity to see acute patients in the ER, surgical ward, and operating room. There is an end of rotation multiple choice examination and oral exam. Students are also expected to complete EPAs while on this rotation.