Surgery Curriculum

Third year medical students spend twelve (12) weeks on the surgery clerkship. Each student is required to successfully complete:

• 7 weeks of General Surgery
• 1 week of Anesthesia
• 4 weeks of Specialities

The students are assigned to two - two week rotations from the following specialties:

• Orthopedics
• Urology
• Plastic
• Ophthalmology
• Otolaryngology
• Special Senses (1 week of ENT, 1 week of Ophthalmology)

The students' activities during the twelve week clerkship include daily lectures, assisting their assigned preceptor in the operative suite, participating in the clinical management of surgical patients in the hospital and office setting, attending numerous skill workshops, and taking call on a rotational basis. In addition, students complete daily rounds on their patients, participate in weekly case presentations, and attend their University Primary Care Clinic once a week.

Students have a unique experience of working directly with their assigned preceptor on a daily basis, because there are no surgical residents at this site. This one-on-one concept allows for the faculty preceptors to assess each student's needs and provides individual teaching and reinforcement of surgical concepts.

The department also offers two or four week surgical electives for fourth
year medical students in:

• General Surgery
• Cardio/Thoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Anesthesiology
• Emergency Medicine
• Orthopedics
• Urology
• Plastic
• Ophthalmology
• Otolaryngology

Visit the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford's Surgery Department web site.

Visit the UIC College of Medicine in Chicago Surgery Department web site.