Surgery, Plastic (Arizona)
Description
This clerkship takes place at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Students see patients in the clinic with a consulting physician, make rounds in the hospital, and scrub for surgery. Students are not expected to be on call, so their evenings and weekends are available for independent study.
Specific goals
- Become acquainted with surgical principles, sterile techniques and operative techniques.
- Learn the principles of basic wound care.
- Improve knowledge base as it pertains to plastic, reconstructive, and hand surgery.
- Become familiar with the scope of plastic surgery.
- Become competent in the examination of hand surgery problems.
Activity outline
Students attend clinics and assist with plastic surgery procedures. They also are responsible for making an oral presentation on a selected topic at the end of the elective.
Method of evaluation
Students are provided real time verbal feedback and written performance evaluation from the consultants that they work with including plastic surgery residents and advanced practice providers (APP’s).
Per Mayo Clinic institutional policy, faculty and residents/fellows will not complete any outside evaluations. You will be provided with an electronic performance evaluation via Mayo Clinic’s MedHub portal. A final summative evaluation will be sent to you and your school official upon completion of your clerkship.