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Location |
Rush |
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# Weeks |
2, 4 |
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Hours/week on site |
61-70, 71-80 |
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Open to M3s? |
yes |
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Scheduled through OASIS? |
yes |
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On Rush schedule? |
yes |
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# other students |
0 |
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Prerequisites |
General surgery |
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Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility |
? |
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Overnight call? |
no |
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Work weekends? |
variable |
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Weekend call? |
no |
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Is there an exam at the end of the rotation |
no |
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Students required to give a presentation |
no |
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Teaching hours/day |
1-2 |
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Teaching style |
Patient rounds, Morning report/Case conference, Lecture given by resident or attending, OR highlights |
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Suggested reading/pocket contents |
Plastic Surgery "Essentials for Students" (given to you by course director) |
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Structure of rotation |
Team-based, One-on-one with attendings/residents |
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Amt/quality of time residents/attendings |
Almost all the time was with attendings and fellows in the OR. |
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Proportion of time evaluating pts alone |
0-25%, 50-75% |
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# pts evaluated/day |
0-2, 2-4 |
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Procedures |
A few times/week, A few times/month |
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Typical day |
You're in the OR as much as possible. It's a busy month, but not too busy. Weekends are one day out of two, for just a couple of hours. Round at six (no pre-rounding), then assisting with cases until early evening. May do pre-op H and P's or see consults. |
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Usefulness for any residency |
3 of 5 stars, 5 of 5 |
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Usefulness for this residency |
5 of 5 stars |
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Useful for other specialties |
Anything surgical General Surgery, ENT, pediatrics |
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Overall rating |
5 of 5 stars |
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Recommended to other students |
5 of 5 stars |
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Other comments |
This is a fun month, stress free, minimal obligations. The attendings were amazing, the fellow was fantastic, even the scrub nurses were great (you spend a lot of time in the OR, so you get to know them fairly well). I strongly recommend this elective. (It's not just cosmetic stuff. I'd say 70% or more is reconstructive.) Did I mention the attendings were awesome? |