Surgical Clerkship - Syllabus (PDF)
Online Modules: Ethics and Nutrition:
These were created so that you could learn on your own time and at your own pace. They should be taken seriously, even though there is no grade associated with them. Faculty and residents expect you to be familiar with these concepts as you care for your patients
Suggested textbooks:
Cope’s Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen
General Surgery Essentials by Peter Lawrence, 4th Ed.)
Other Recommendations:
NMS Case Files in General Surgery
Surgical Recall
Pre-Test for General Surgery
Kaplan Review for General Surgery
Mont Reid Handbook
The Washington University Handbook
Place emphasis on diagnosis/workup/management. Less on actual surgeries.
Women & Children
Pediatric Surgical Disease
Approach to a newborn with persistent jaundice
Approach to baby with feeding intolerance
Approach to baby who does not pass stool
Approach to a child with an abdominal mass
Approach to a premature newborn with blood per rectum.
Approach to a baby with abdominal wall defects
Breast
Approach to a patient with a breast mass.
Approach to a patient with breast pain
Approach to a patient with nipple discharge
Source:
https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/surgery/docs/Surgical%20Clerkship%20Survivial%20Guide%209th%20Ed.pdf
Captured on May 1, 2021